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Webster 1913 Edition

Eumolpus

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Eu-mol′pus

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] sweetly singing.]

(Zoöl.)

A genus of small beetles, one species of which (

E. viti

) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.

Definition 2024

Eumolpus

Eumolpus

English

Proper noun

Eumolpus

(Greek mythology) The son of Poseidon and Chione, who became one of the first priests of Demeter and one of the founders of the Eleusinian Mysteries.