satyr
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From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (saturos).
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Wikipedia satyr (plural satyrs)
- (Greek mythology): A male companion of Pan or Dionysus with the tail of a horse and a perpetual erection.
- (Roman mythology): A faun.
- A lecherous man
- Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots.
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- See also Wikisaurus:libertine
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