Definitions for icarusˈɪk ər əs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ic•a•rusˈɪk ər əs(n.)
a youth of Greek myth, the son of Daedalus, who, attempting to escape from Crete with his father on wings of wax and feathers, flew so close to the sun that his wings melted and he plunged to his death in the sea.
Category: Mythology
Princeton's WordNet
Icarus(noun)
(Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Icarus
son of Dædalus (q. v.), who, flying with his father from Crete on wax-fastened wings, soared so high that the sun melted the wax and he dropped into the sea, giving name to that part of it.
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