| NOUN | person | Achilles | a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad |
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| Sounds | ahkih'liyz | |
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| Rhymes | Alleghenies ... Yerkes: 115 rhymes with iyz... | |
| Meaning | A mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his 'Achilles' heel'. | |
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| Instance of | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
| Spanish | Aquiles | |
| Catalan | Achilles, Aquiles, Aquil·les | |
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