| ADJECTIVE | all | daedal | complex and ingenious in design or function |
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| NOUN | person | Daedal, Daedalus | (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos |
| Meaning | Complex and ingenious in design or function. | |
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| Example | "the daedal hand of nature" | |
| Broader | complex | complicated in structure |
| Meaning | (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus. | |
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| Synonym | Daedalus | |
| Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
| Instance of | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
| Spanish | Dédalo | |
| Catalan | Dèdal | |
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