Usually means: Greek mythology: one of three Fates.
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  1. Lachesis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Lachesis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Lachesis: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Lachesis: Wiktionary
  7. Lachesis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Lachesis: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Lachesis, lachesis: Dictionary.com
  10. Lachesis (disambiguation), Lachesis (genus), Lachesis (mythology), Lachesis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  12. lachesis: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. Lachesis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. lachesis: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Lachesis)

noun:  (Greek mythology) One of the three Fates (Moirae), daughter of Zeus and Themis; the measurer of each thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Decima.
noun:  (homeopathy) The venom of Lachesis muta, the bushmaster snake, used to treat various conditions.

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