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n. - (Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds.

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  • The one seemed to be a monstrous son of baleful Typhoeus or of
  • Typhoeus was overwhelmed by Zeus amongst the Arimi in Cilicia.
  • The clays of thy life are ended, neither can Typhoeus himself aid thee now, nor Chimæra of the evil name.
  • Prochyta quivers at the sound, and the couchant rocks of Inarime, piled above Typhoeus by Jove's commands.
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