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Perseus
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.
2. A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.