NOUN | person | Icarus | (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus |
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Sounds | ih'ker.ahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned. | |
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Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
Instance of | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
Spanish | Ícaro | |
Catalan | Ícar |
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