English Explanatory Dictionary

medjed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of elephantfish formerly worshipped at Oxyrhynchus.
name
  1. A minor god mentioned in the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Word forms

medjed medjeds

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mḏd (“Medjed”, literally “the true-striking”).

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