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adonis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | genus adonis |
| Type of | magnoliid dicot genus |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | man, adult male |
Examples of adonis
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The marsh fritillary, adonis blue, and silver-spotted skipper butterflies are seen.
From the independent.co.uk
Adonis Germosen went 2 for 3, including a double with an RBI and a run for the Titans.
From the lohud.com
Adonis Stevenson avenges only loss, knocking out Darnell Boone in 6th at Bell Centre.
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Adonis died in Aphrodite's arms, who came to him when she heard his groans.
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In summer you may see dark green fritillary, adonis blue and chalkhill blue butterflies.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Adonis Thomas is a notable addition to a talented if precocious group.
From the kentucky.com
Adonis Thomas, also considering UK, had 15 points and four rebounds.
From the kentucky.com
Adonis grows into a strikingly handsome young man, and Aphrodite eventually returns for him.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Adonis is known as the architect of Labour's academies programme.
From the independent.co.uk
- Any handsome young man
- Annual or perennial herbs
- (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"
- Adonis (/u0259u02C8du0252nu026As, u0259u02C8dou028Anu026As/; Greek: u1F0Cu03B4u03C9u03BDu03B9u03C2), in Greek mythology, is a central figure in various mystery religions. In 1966, Wahib Attalah wrote that the "cult of Adonis belonged to women," and further asserted "the cult of dying Adonis was fully developed in the circle of young girls around Sappho on Lesbos, about 600 BC, as a fragment of Sappho reveals."
- The Adonis was a wooden Brigantine that was built at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, in 1874 that was wrecked when it sprang a leak whilst carrying coal between Wollongong and the Richmond River the vessel was lost approximately 15 miles south of Crowdy Head,on the 22 December 1889
- Adonis is a Chicago acid house pioneer who made his name with the classic 1986 tracks 'No Way Back' and 'We're Rockin Down The House'.
- 2101 Adonis was one of the first near-Earth asteroids to be discovered. It was discovered by Eugene Delporte in 1936 and named after Adonis, the beautiful youth with whom the goddess Venus fell in love. Adonis is believed to measure approximately 1 km in diameter.
- The following is a list and description of Beanie Babies made by Ty, Inc. This list is heavily incomplete.
- Adonis is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe and adversary of Captain America.
