Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames;
son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Typhon \Ty"phon\, n. [Gr. ?, and ?. See Typhoon.] (Class.
Mythol.)
1. According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of
the winds, but later identified with him.
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Note: By modern writers, Typhon is identified with the
Egyptian Set, who represents physical evil. --Encyc.
Brit.
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2. A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. [Obs.]
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The circling typhon whirled from point to point.
--Thomson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Typhon
n 1: (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who
breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus
and the Chimera and the Sphinx