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Typhon

//ˈtaɪfɒn// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The most powerful and feared of all Greek monsters, having the head, arms, and torso of a man, and his bottom half consisting of countless dragons or serpents. Some stories also say that his hands ended in serpents and that he bears 100 heads. He is shrouded in giant wings, his eyes blaze a white fire, and his arms reach towards the stars. Greek
Noun
  1. 1
    A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. obsolete

    "The circling typhon whirled from point to point."

  2. 2
    (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn).

Etymology 2

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

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