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| adamant |
a legendary stone of great hardness. [1/3 definitions] |
| Aesop |
an actual or legendary Greek writer of fables (620?-560? B.C.). |
| amaranth |
a legendary flower that never dies. [1/3 definitions] |
| El Dorado |
a legendary South American destination of early Spanish explorers seeking gold and riches. [1/2 definitions] |
| fabled |
recounted in fables; legendary. [1/2 definitions] |
| fabulous |
like or from a fable; legendary. [1/3 definitions] |
| giant |
a legendary being who looks like a man of an enormous size and strength. [1/5 definitions] |
| Homer |
an actual or legendary Greek poet (about the eighth century B.C.). |
| lotus |
a legendary plant that ancient Greeks believed caused blissful amnesia in those who ate its fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| mythic |
having greatness or grandeur as suited to things or beings in a myth; legendary. [1/2 definitions] |
| saga |
a medieval Nordic or Icelandic prose narrative, esp. one describing the historical or legendary exploits of a single person or family. [1/2 definitions] |
| Seven Cities of Cibola |
legendary cities full of riches sought by sixteenth-century Spanish explorers in what is now the southwestern United States. |
| story1 |
to decorate with pictures representing legendary or historical scenes. [1/7 definitions] |
| vampire |
a legendary being, often said to be a revived corpse, that preys on people in order to suck out their blood. [1/3 definitions] |
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