The skin of a fawn, as worn by Dionysus, and as worn in his honor by his male followers and female followers (maenads) and other votaries in Ancient Greece. It has also been shown as a panther or fox skin in different contexts.
Origin
From Latin nebris, from Ancient Greek νεβρίς, earlier νεβρός.
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