Lamias [noun]

The chief prey of the Lamia was, it appears, members of the human species, preferably males.

Harkaman was intending to use her for retraining of all the Lamia and Space Scourge officers, and rotated them back and forth.

Maybe it would be for the Lamia, but we have a three-ship fleet and a planetary base to meet expenses on.

Another Beowulf ship blew up, a craft about the size of Spasso's Lamia.

Indeed the passion of Demetrius for Lamia caused not only his wives but his friends to dislike her and be jealous of her.

For this reason one of the comic poets very cleverly called Lamia a “city-taker.”

However, besides this, Lamia extorted money from many citizens on pretence of providing a supper for the king.

Jeffrey in his review of the Lamia volume has a fine phrase about this passage.

Although for the largeness of the mouth, and frequency in those seas, it may possibly be the Lamia.

In some respects the Neraïda closely resemble the Lamia, and both of them have many features in common with the Laume.