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ZEUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Zeidae

Synonyms:

genus Zeus; Zeus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Zeus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Zeus"):

John Dory; Zeus faber (European dory)

Holonyms ("Zeus" is a member of...):

family Zeidae; Zeidae (a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

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