glaucus

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noun

Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.

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Origintranslingual Glaucus ← Latin glaucus ← Ancient Greek γλαῦκος →
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Meanings

glaucus1

nounglaucus (plural glaucuses)

plural glaucuses

  1. Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.

    Synonyms: sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, blue dragon, blue sea slug, blue ocean slug

  2. A desert lime (Citrus glauca), a thorny shrub species endemic to semi-arid regions of Australia.

    This pass is extremely abrupt, and is covered with glaucus, the low scrub I have noticed as common to the sand-stone formation.

    1833, Charles Sturt, Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete

Glaucus2

proper noun
  1. Greekhuman sciencesA Greek prophetic sea god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he commonly came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having once been one himself.
  2. Greekhuman sciencesA mythical Lycian soldier and captain in the Trojan War.
  3. Greekhuman sciencesSon of Sisyphus, and a mythical Corinthian king.
  4. Greekhuman sciencesSon of king Minos.
  5. Greekhuman sciencesone of the sons of Priam.
  6. Greekhuman sciencesA son of Aepytus.
  7. Greekhuman sciencesOne of the twelve younger Panes.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.

Similar
sea swallowblue angelblue glaucusblue dragonblue sea slugblue ocean slug

Origin

glaucus · noun

  1. Ancient Greekγλαῦκος“blue-grey fish”
  2. Latinglaucus
  3. translingualGlaucus
  4. Englishglaucus

Borrowed from translingual Glaucus, from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαῦκος (glaûkos, “blue-grey fish”), from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).

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Glaucus · proper noun

  1. Ancient GreekΓλαῦκος
  2. EnglishGlaucus

From Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos, from γλαυκός (glaukós, literally “greyish-blue, bluish-green, glimmering”)).

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Translations

Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος
  • Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos)Greek sea god
Bulgarian Главк, Главк
  • Главк (Glavk)Greek sea god
  • Главк (Glavk)Lycian soldier
  • Главк (Glavk)son of Sisyphus
  • Главк (Glavk)son of Minos
  • Главк (Glavk)son of Priam
  • Главк (Glavk)son of Aepytus
  • Главк (Glavk)one of the twelve younger Panes
French Glaucos
  • GlaucosGreek sea god
Greek Γλαύκος
  • Γλαύκος (Gláfkos)Greek sea god
Latin Glaucus
  • GlaucusGreek sea god
Portuguese Glauco, Glauco
  • GlaucoGreek sea god
  • GlaucoLycian soldier
  • Glaucoson of Sisyphus
  • Glaucoson of Minos
Russian Главк, Главк
  • Главк (Glavk)Greek sea god
  • Главк (Glavk)Lycian soldier
  • Главк (Glavk)son of Sisyphus
  • Главк (Glavk)son of Minos

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with glaucus

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Cite this entry
APA

glaucus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glaucus

MLA

“glaucus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glaucus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glaucus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glaucus.

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