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phorcysnoun	(Greek mythology) A primordial sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia, who by Ceto fathered numerous monsters including Echidna and the gorgons.
echidnanoun	Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
theianoun	(astronomy) A hypothesised Mars-sized planet of the early solar system thought to have collided with the Earth to produce the Moon.
cybelenoun	(Greek mythology) A mother goddess of the ancient peoples of Asia Minor.
eurybianoun	(Greek mythology) A sea goddess in Ancient Greek mythology.
gorgonnoun	(Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
chthonianoun	(Greek mythology) An epithet for several chthonic deities, including Demeter, Hecate, Melinoe, and Nyx.
electranoun	(Greek mythology) Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
cerberusnoun	(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
tethysnoun	(astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
euryalenoun	(Greek mythology) The second eldest of the gorgons.
phoebenoun	Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.
alcyonenoun	(astronomy) One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character.
ceyxnoun	(Greek mythology) A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone.
sthenonoun	(Greek mythology) The eldest and most ferocious of the gorgons.
persenoun	A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
oceanidnoun	(Greek mythology) Any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea-nymph.
cephalusnoun	(Greek mythology) An ancient Greek lover of Procris who accidentally slew her as she spied upon him.
campenoun	(Greek mythology) A female monster, the guard in Tartarus of the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handers, whom Cronus, ruler of the Titans, had imprisoned there.
cecaelianoun	A composite mythical being, combining the head, arms and torso of a woman (more rarely a man) and, from the lower torso down, the tentacles of an octopus or squid as a form of mermaid, sea witch, or sea demon.