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ZEUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Zeidae
Synonyms:
genus Zeus; Zeus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Zeus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Zeus"):
John Dory; Zeus faber (European dory)
Holonyms ("Zeus" is a member of...):
family Zeidae; Zeidae (a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
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