Dictionary entry

Penelope

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Pe‐nel″o‐pe (pē̍‐nĕl″ō̍‐pē), n. [From. L. Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, the hero of the Odyssey, Gr. Πηνελόπη.] (Zoöl.) A genus of curassows, including the guans.