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| Andromeda |
in Greek mythology, an Ethiopian princess whom Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae, rescues from a monster and marries. [1/2 definitions] |
| beast |
an animal or human that acts like a cruel or brutal monster. [1/3 definitions] |
| chimera |
a mythical fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake's tail. [1/3 definitions] |
| Frankenstein |
the title character of Mary W. Shelley's early nineteenth-century novel, who creates a monster that destroys him. [2/3 definitions] |
| Gorgon |
in Greek mythology, any of three monster sisters that have snakes for hair and can turn beholders into stone. [1/2 definitions] |
| griffin |
a mythical monster depicted in art with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. |
| leviathan |
a Biblical sea monster. [1/3 definitions] |
| Minotaur |
in Greek mythology, a monster that is half bull and half man, confined in the Cretan Labyrinth. |
| Perseus |
in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Danae, who slew Medusa and used her head with its fatal stare to save Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. [1/2 definitions] |
| terato- |
monster. |
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