Par-thēn'o-pe, n.

n. [Lat., from Gr. Παρθενόπη.]

1. (Myth.) One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea from despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of decapodous crustaceans, found in the Indian Ocean.
3. One of the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, discovered by M. Gasparis, in 1850.