hypnalis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. legendary asp said to kill people by making them go in an endless sleep or by attacking them in their sleep.

Word forms

hypnalis hypnalises

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ypnalis, ipnalis, from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

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