PEGASUS
\pˈɛɡəsəs], \pˈɛɡəsəs], \p_ˈɛ_ɡ_ə_s_ə_s]\
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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.
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A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.
By Noah Webster.
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The winged horse, sprung from the blood of Medusa, that with a stroke opened a spring in the ground, whence the poets were fabled afterwards to draw their inspiration; the poetic muse; a northern constellation; a genus of fishes with large pectoral fins.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
