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Webster Dictionary
Laelapsnoun
a genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high
Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. lai^laps a dark, furious storm.]
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Laelaps
Laelaps was a Greek mythological dog who never failed to catch what he was hunting. In one version of Laelaps' origin, he was a gift from Zeus to Europa. The hound was passed down to King Minos. Procris's husband, Cephalus, decided to use the hound to hunt the Teumessian fox, a fox that could never be caught. This was a paradox: a dog who always caught his prey and a fox that could never be caught. The chase went on until Zeus, perplexed by their contradictory fates, turned both to stone and cast them into the stars as constellations. At least one version of the Procris story asserts that Laelaps was a gift to her from the goddess Artemis.
Mythology
Laelaps
(Lae′laps). One of Diana’s hunting-dogs, which, while pursuing a wild boar, was petrified. Also the name of one of Actaeon’s hounds.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of laelaps in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of laelaps in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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