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A mythical hero, best known for slaying the Chimera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Any of the genus †Bellerophon of fossil gastropod shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, and peculiar to the Paleozoic age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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noun
(Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mythical being
History
From Ancient Greek Βελλεροφῶν, Βελλεροφόντης (Bellerophôn, Bellerophóntēs).
From the genus name.
