noun. A monster represented as a serpent with the head and breasts of a woman that ate children and sucked the blood from men.

noun. A female vampire.

noun. In fir. and Roman mythology, an enticing witch, who charmed children and youths for the purpose of feeding on their blood and flesh, like the later vampire; a female demon; hence, in general, a destroying witch or hag.

noun. In zoology:

noun. A Fabrician (1775) genus of longicorn beetles, now the type of the family Lamiidæ. L. ædilis is a species the male of which has antenæ) four times as long as the body.

noun. A genus of sharks: same as Lamna.

noun. A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.

noun. A monster with the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent, which ate children and sucked the blood from men.

noun. (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living