| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Polyphemus |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Pol·y·phe·mus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p l  -f  ms |
| NOUN: | Greek Mythology The Cyclops who confined Odysseus and his companions in a cave until Odysseus blinded him and escaped. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin Polyphmus, from Greek Poluphmos, from poluphmos, famous : polu-, much; see poly– + phm, saying, report; see bh -2 in Appendix I.
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