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ALECTO

• ALECTO (noun)
The noun ALECTO has 1 sense:

1. one of the three Furies

Familiarity information: ALECTO used as a noun is very rare.

• ALECTO (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of the three Furies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Alecto" is a kind of...):

Erinyes; Eumenides; Fury ((classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals)

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