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Icarus

Syllabification: (Ic·a·rus)
Pronunciation: /ˈikərəs/

Greek Mythology
Definition of Icarus
  • the son of Daedalus, who escaped from Crete using wings made by his father but was killed when he flew too near the sun and the wax attaching his wings melted.

Derivatives

Icarian


adjective

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