psyche

noun

In classical mythology, the personified and deified soul or spirit, the beloved of Eros, by whom she was alternately caressed and tormented.

[lowercase] The human soul or spirit or mind.

The 16th planetoid, discovered by De Gasparis at Naples in 1852.

In zoology: In entomology, a genus of bombycid moths, erected by Schrank in 1801 (after Linnæus, 1735), and typical of the family Psychidæ.

In conchology, a genus of gymnosomatous pteropods of the family Eurybiidæ. Also called Halopsyche.