Definition of Pelias. Meaning of Pelias. Synonyms of Pelias

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Pelias. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Pelias and, of course, Pelias synonyms and on the right images related to the word Pelias.

Definition of Pelias

No result for Pelias. Showing similar results...

Vipera or Pelias berus
Adder Ad"der, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder.] 1. A serpent. [Obs.] ``The eddre seide to the woman.' --Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. ) 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho. (b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc. (c) Same as Sea Adder. Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper (Cerastles).

Meaning of Pelias from wikipedia

- adulthood, Pelias and Neleus found Tyro and killed her stepmother Sidero for having mistreated her (Sidero hid in a temple dedicated to Hera but Pelias killed...
- 1863 V[ipera]. (Pelias) berus var. prester — Jan, 1863 V[ipera]. (Pelias) berus var. lymnaea — Jan, 1863 Pelias Chersea — Erber, 1863 Pelias berus — Erber...
- 1953. Pelias Bluff was named in 1956 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in ****ociation with Jason Peninsula. Pelias, who was...
- miniseries of the same name. Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and sought to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the progeny of a union...
- becomes Jason's protector. She warns Pelias to beware of "a one-sandaled man". Twenty years later, Jason saves Pelias from drowning in a river, an "accident"...
- In Gr**** mythology, Pelias (/ˈpiːliæs/; Ancient Gr****: Πελίας) may refer to the following characters: Pelias, king of Iolcus and uncle of Jason who sent...
- Pelia may refer to: Pelpa or Pelīā, a village in Iran Pelia, a Gr**** mythological figure Pelia (crab), a genus of spider crabs in subfamily Pisinae of...
- revenge. Pelias put to death every prominent descendant of Aeolus he could, but spared Aeson because of the pleas of their mother Tyro. Instead, Pelias kept...
- Trichoptilus pelias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in India. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.;...
- and Indonesia. However, Chrysopelea pelias is not nearly as common as the paradise tree snake. Chrysopelea pelias begins gliding by jumping in an upward...