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1. (gen.) Pegasus
a winged horse of Greek myth.
2. Pegasus
the Winged Horse, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Aquarius.
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1. (noun) Pegasus
(Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination
2. (noun) Pegasus
a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces
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1. (noun) pegasus
a winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration
2. (noun) pegasus
a northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus
3. (noun) pegasus
a genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. pegasus
the winged horse, begotten of Poseidon, who sprung from the body of Medusa when Perseus swooped off her head, and who with a stroke of his hoof broke open the spring of Hippocrene on Mount Helicon, and mounted on whom Bellerophon slew the Chimera, and by means of which he hoped, if he had not been thrown, to ascend to heaven, as Pegasus did alone, becoming thereafter a constellation in the sky; this is the winged horse upon whose back poets, to the like disappointment, hope to scale the empyrean, who have not, like Bellerophon, first distinguished themselves by slaying Chimeras.
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