Typhoeus

Typhoeus
Typhoeus [tī fō′ē əs, tī fō′yo͞os΄; tīfē′əs]
n.
L < Gr Typhōeus
Gr. Myth. a monster with a hundred heads, killed by Zeus
Typhoean [tīfō′ē ən, tīfē′ən]
adj.

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