What is the meaning of Lamia?

A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

exclamatory form of lami

lamia (a monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent)

dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)

iron rim or tyre of a cart's wheel

plate

a type of vault used in rustic buildings

witch

fairy, enchantress

nymph

vernacular name of several species of fish:

  1. Synonym of canesca (school shark)
  2. Synonym of rana pescatrice (anglerfish)
  3. Synonym of bandiera rossa (red bandfish)

Synonym of canesca (school shark)

Synonym of rana pescatrice (anglerfish)

Synonym of bandiera rossa (red bandfish)

witch who was said to suck children's blood (sort of female bogeyman), vampiress

a sorceress, enchantress, witch

a sort of flatfish

Source: wiktionary.org