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Definition of silenus

silenus
Wanderoo Wan`der*oo", n. [Cingalese wanderu a monkey.] (Zo["o]l.) A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. [Written also ouanderoo.] Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other allied species.
Silenus
Silenus Si*le"nus, n. [L. Silenus the tutor and attendant of Bacchus.] (Zo["o]l.) See Wanderoo.

Meaning of silenus from wikipedia

- In the decorative arts, a "silene" is a Silenus-like figure, often a "mask" (face) alone. The original Silenus resembled a folkloric man of the forest...
- Look up Silenus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Silenus, Silen or Sileni may refer to: Silenus, a satyr and companion to Dionysus Silen and its plural...
- The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), also known as the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. Lion-tailed...
- "Zaprora silenus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2006. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Zaprora silenus". FishBase...
- of the Second Punic War on Silenus; Polybius, Livy, and Cicero also referenced him. Meister, Klaus (October 2006). "Silenus". BrillOnline Reference Works...
- it is planning. Martin Silenus trained as a poet, but his training was interrupted when a black hole destro**** Earth. Silenus is forced to work as a laborer...
- Drunken Silenus is a painting by Jusepe de Ribera, produced in 1626 in Naples and now in the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples. The central figure is Silenus, lying...
- volume, the Hyperion Cantos is an epic poem written by the character Martin Silenus covering in verse form the events of the first two books. Of the four novels...
- nights with politeness, while Silenus delighted Midas and his friends with stories and songs. On the eleventh day, he took Silenus back to Dionysus in Lydia...
- Breeze (born 1955), also known by his neo-Gnostic bishop title of Tau Silenus, is an American writer and publisher on magick and philosophy. He is the...