(n) (Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him
(n) a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium, Syn.Pm, atomic number 61
n. [ F. (with a foreign suffix), from promener to lead, take for a walk, se promener to walk, from L. prominare to drive forward or along; pro forward + minare to drive animals. See Amenable, Menace. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A place for walking; a public walk. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_; bee-eater. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to Promerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated tail. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Prometheus. ] (Zool.) A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to have forethought for. ] (Class. Myth.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver. [ 1913 Webster ]
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