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Definition of 'io'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Io
(in Greek myth) a woman loved by Zeus and changed by him into a heifer, which Hera claimed and put under Argus' guardianship.

2. Io
a large volcanically active moon of Jupiter.

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Io
(Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer

2. (noun) Io
the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes

Definition of 'io'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) io
an exclamation of joy or triumph; -- often interjectional

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. io
in the Greek mythology a daughter of Inachos (q. v.), beloved by Zeus, whom Hera out of jealousy changed into a heifer and set the hundred-eyed Argus to watch, but when Zeus had by Hermes slain the watcher, Hera sent a gadfly to goad over the world, over which she ranged distractedly till she reached Egypt, where Osiris married her, and was in connection with him worshipped as Isis.

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