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Definition of: Perseus
(pûr′sy
s, -sē·əs)
1. In Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Danae, slayer of Medusa and savior and husband of Andromeda.
2. In the Apocrypha, the last king of Macedonia; died about 164 B.C. I Mac. viii 5.
3. A northern constellation. See CONSTELLATION. [<L <Gk.]
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