orestes
IPA: ɔrˈɛstiz
Root Word: Orestes
noun
- (Greek mythology) The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother, avenging his father's death, and was then pursued by the Furies.
- A region of Macedonia.
- A town in Indiana.
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Examples of "orestes" in Sentences
- This ecoregion also has two endemic species of salamander, Botiglosa orestes and the recently described B. spongai.
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