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(E-lec-tra) 3 syllables

Definition

noun. Gr. Myth. a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; she encourages her brother; Orestes; to kill their mother and their mother's lover; who together murdered Agamemnon

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Electra was a princess in Greek mythology.

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