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ˈsatə/
n.
- Greek Mythology one of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods, represented as a man with a horse's ears and tail or (in Roman representations) with a goat's ears, tail, legs, and horns.
- a man with strong sexual desires.
- a butterfly with chiefly dark brown wings.
[Satyrus and other genera.]
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. satyre, or via L. from Gk saturos.