LAOCOON as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse
    • a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons kill
    Hypernyms(s) Laocoon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower