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Nov 29, 2009
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Peg•a•sus



Pronunciation: (peg'u-sus), [key]
—n.,
—gen. -siPronunciation: (-sī") [key] for 2.
1. Class. Myth.a winged horse, created from the blood of Medusa, that opened the spring of Hippocrene with a stroke of its hoof, and that carried Bellerophon in his attack on the Chimera.
2. Astron.the Winged Horse, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Aquarius.

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