Definition of “silenus”
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In Gr. myth, a divinity of Asiatic origin, the foster-father of Bacchus, and leader of the satyrs, but very frequently merely one of a number of kindred attendants in the Dionysiae thiasus.
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In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects of the family Eucnemidoe. Same as Anelastes, Latreille.
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In mammal, a genus of macaques, named from Macacus silenus, the wanderoo.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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