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Pa•siph•a•ë
Pronunciation: (pu-sif'u-ē"), [key]—
n.
1. Class. Myth.the wife of Minos, mother of Ariadne, and mother of the Minotaur by the Cretan bull.
2. Astron.a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
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