lamia

2 definitions found

lamia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lamia \La"mi*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
     A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to
     devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a
     sorceress; a witch.
     [1913 Webster] Laminaa

lamia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lamia
      n 1: (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood
           of the living [syn: vampire, lamia]