DAEDALUS

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• DAEDALUS (noun)
  The noun DAEDALUS has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

  Familiarity information: DAEDALUS used as a noun is very rare.

• DAEDALUS (noun)

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Meaning:

(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Daedal; Daedalus

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)