satyral
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French satirel (“little satyr”); see satyr for more.
Noun edit
satyral (plural satyrals)
- (heraldry and fantasy) A creature with a human head and the limbs of different animals.
- 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 339:
- Two satyrals supported the arms of the lords Stawell.
- 2011 10, Robert Louis Smith, Antiquitas Lost: The Last of the Shamalans, Medlock Publishing LLC, →ISBN:
- Behind the satyral, the foliage rustled, and to Jingo's mounting astonishment, a huge brown susquat rushed into the encampment and stood beside the satyral, growling and baring his teeth at the salax king. It was Hooks, and the ghastly […]
Further reading edit
- Heraldry, Edmondson, 1780, II, glossary: “Satyral, a fictitious beast, said to have the body of a lion, the tail and horns of an antelope, and the face of anan old man.”