HyperDic: golden_fleece

English > 1 sense of the expression Golden Fleece:
NOUNsubstanceGolden Fleecein Greek mythology, a fleece of gold owned by the king of Colchis and guarded in a sacred grove by a dragon
English > Golden Fleece: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningIn Greek mythology, a fleece of gold owned by the king of Colchis and guarded in a sacred grove by a dragon; recovered by Jason and the Argonauts.
Broadersheepskin, fleecetanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on
Spanishvellocino de oro
Catalanvelló d'or

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