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Halycon

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halcyonnoun(poetic) A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
ceyxnoun(Greek mythology) A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone.
stymphalidesnoun(Greek mythology) In Greek mythology, a flock of metallic man-eating birds that haunted Lake Stymphalis in Arkadia. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing.
hydriadnounA water nymph.
harpynoun(mythology) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
caladriusnoun(mythology) A mythical bird that had healing powers.
hyperionnoun(astronomy) One of the moons of Saturn.
hydaspesnoun(historical) The river Jhelum, on the Indian subcontinent, especially as the location of a battle fought by Alexander the Great against King Porus in 326 BCE.
cygnusnoun(astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo.
pandionnoun(Greek mythology) The name of two kings of Athens (Pandion I and Pandion II).
callirrhoënoun(Greek mythology) A naiad, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
alcyonenoun(astronomy) One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character.
calydonnoun(historical) An Ancient Greek city in the country of Aetolia, north of the Gulf of Patras in western Greece, on the west bank of the river Evenus.
pheonixnounMisspelling of phoenix. [(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.]
himalianoun(astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
hippocrenenoun(Greek mythology) A fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses and formed by the hooves of Pegasus, the waters of which were supposed to give poetic inspiration when imbibed.
nestornoun(Greek mythology) An old and wise king in Homer's Iliad.
scolionnoun(Greek antiquities) Any of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.
haietliknoun(mythology) A mythical sea serpent from Nootka mythology.
hesperianounLiterally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.

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