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Stymphalian bird

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A man-eating bird with a bronze beak and sharp metallic feathers it could launch at its victims, which infested Stymphalus. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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  • Armenian: ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ (stimfalyan tʻṙčʻunner) — man-eating bird
  • Dutch: Stymphaliden — man-eating bird
  • Finnish: Stymfaloksen linnut — man-eating bird
  • French: oiseaux du lac Stymphale — man-eating bird
  • German: Stymphalische Vögel — man-eating bird
  • Greek: Στυμφαλίδες όρνιθες (Stymfalídes órnithes) — man-eating bird
  • Ancient Greek: Στυμφαλίδες ὄρνιθες (Stumphalídes órnithes) — man-eating bird
  • Icelandic: Stymfalsfuglar — man-eating bird
  • Italian: uccelli del lago Stinfalo — man-eating bird
  • Japanese: ステュムパーロスの鳥 (sutyumupaarosu-no-tori) — man-eating bird
  • Japanese: ステュムパーリデス (sutyumupaaridesu) — man-eating bird
  • Latin: avēs Stymphālides — man-eating bird
  • Persian: پرندگان استومفالوسی — man-eating bird
  • Polish: Ptaki stymfalijskie — man-eating bird
  • Russian: Стимфали́йские пти́цы (Stimfalíjskije ptícy) — man-eating bird
  • Spanish: aves del Estínfalo — man-eating bird
  • Turkish: Stymphalian kuşları — man-eating bird