Laocoon
Pronunciation : La*oc"o*
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L., fr. Gr.
Definition : 1. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
2. (Sculp.)
Defn: A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laoco?n, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913