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Typhon

typ·hon

UK/ˈtaɪfən/ US/ˈtaɪfən/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

(Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads and one of the whirlwinds; son of Typhoeus and Echidna; father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx

Origin

Perhaps from Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, “Typhon, father of the winds”); see typhoon.

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