Definition: artemis

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

Artemis
     n : (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the
         moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo;
         identified with Roman Diana [syn: Artemis, Cynthia]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Diana \Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)
   The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who
   presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified
   with the Greek goddess Artemis.

         And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.

   Diana monkey (Zo["o]l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey
      of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana).