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Word: Gorgon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
via Latin from Greek Gorgō, from gorgos ‘terrible’
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Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡɔːɡ(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
each of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snakes for hair, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. Medusa was killed by Perseus.
Short Definition:each of three sisters with snakes for hair
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