satyral

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noun

A creature with a human head and the limbs of different animals.

OriginOld French satirel →
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Meanings

nounsatyral (plural satyrals)

plural satyrals

  1. fantasyA creature with a human head and the limbs of different animals.

    Two satyrals supported the arms of the lords Stawell.

    1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 339
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    Behind the satyral, the foliage rustled, and to Jingo's mounting astonishment, a huge brown susquat rushed into the encampment and stood beside the satyral, growling and baring his teeth at the salax king. It was Hooks, and the ghastly[…]

    2011 10, Robert Louis Smith, Antiquitas Lost: The Last of the Shamalans, Medlock Publishing LLC, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Old Frenchsatirel“little satyr”
  2. Englishsatyral

From Old French satirel (“little satyr”); see satyr for more.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

astylar
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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