Procne
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πρόκνη (Próknē).
Proper noun
Procne
- 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.
Derived terms
- Procnean
- Progne, Ptyonoprogne, Psalidoprocne (swallow genera)
Anagrams
- crepon, cropen