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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The daughter of king Pandion of Athens, in Greek mythology, who got revenge on her husband Tereus for raping her sister Philomela by feeding him his own son, and was later transformed into a bird by the gods.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πρόκνη (Próknē).

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