From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsatyrsat‧yr /ˈsætə $ -ər/ noun [countable] literary RMa god in ancient Greek stories, represented as half human and half goat
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satyr• The silly girl had managed to get the baggy satyr on her track.• I knew that she hadn't intended to kill the baggy satyr.• In the midst of their circle squatted a bronze satyr, whose round belly contained lamp-oil.• Nymphs, when pursued by satyrs, have saved themselves by turning into trees.• The satyrs are goat-men and the centaurs are half man, half horse.• It involved two satyrs and a woman and was very obscene indeed.• His writings teem with satyr and a neatness of style.Origin satyr (1300-1400) Latin satyrus, from Greek satyros 