Usually means: Mythical nymph transformed into fountain.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word arethusa:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. Arethusa: Merriam-Webster
  2. arethusa: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Arethusa, arethusa: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. arethusa: Collins English Dictionary
  5. arethusa: Vocabulary.com
  6. Arethusa, arethusa: Wordnik
  7. Arethusa, arethusa: Wiktionary
  8. Arethusa: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. arethusa: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. arethusa: Dictionary.com
  11. Arethusa (Mygdonia), Arethusa (disambiguation), Arethusa (mythology), Arethusa (see), Arethusa: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. arethusa: Rhymezone
  13. Arethusa: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  14. Arethusa: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. arethusa: FreeDictionary.org
  16. arethusa: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Arethusa: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Arethusa: Merriam-Webster

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia Mythica (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Arethusa: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Arethusa (botany), Arethusa (plant): Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. arethusa: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See arethusas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Arethusa)

noun:  A bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.
noun:  (Greek mythology) A nereid nymph, who became a fountain.
noun:  (Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides nymphs.
noun:  (astronomy) 95 Arethusa, a main belt asteroid.

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