HyperDic: icarus

English > 1 sense of the word Icarus:
NOUNperson Icarus(Greek mythology) son of Daedalus
Icarus > pronunciation
Soundsih'ker.ahs
Rhymesabacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...
English > Icarus: 1 sense > noun 1, person
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.
CategoryGreek mythologyThe mythology of the ancient Greeks
Instance ofmythical beingAn imaginary being of myth or fable
SpanishÍcaro
CatalanÍcar

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