Usually means: Mythological hunter turned into stag.
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  1. Actaeon: Merriam-Webster
  2. Actaeon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Actaeon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Actaeon: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Actaeon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  8. Actaeon, actaeon: Dictionary.com
  9. Actaeon (disambiguation), Actaeon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Actaeon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Actaeon: Merriam-Webster
  12. Actaeon: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Actaeon)

▸ noun:  (Greek mythology) Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
▸ noun:  (archaic, slang) A cuckold.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, slang, transitive, rare) To cuckold.

Similar:
Acteon, draco, Alectryon, Laocoön, Calydonian Boar, Atalanta, phoenix, Adonis, Acoetes, Itylus, more...

Opposite:
Artemis, Diana

Phrases:
hypoderma actaeon, Diana and Actaeon, Actaeon beetle, more...

Adjectives:
young, poor, secure, unfortunate, vidal, own, modern, horned, voyeuristic, bold

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Similar:
Acteon, draco, Alectryon, Laocoön, Calydonian Boar, Atalanta, phoenix, Adonis, Acoetes, Itylus, more...

Opposite:
Artemis, Diana

Phrases:
hypoderma actaeon, Diana and Actaeon, Actaeon beetle, more...

Adjectives:
young, poor, secure, unfortunate, vidal, own, modern, horned, voyeuristic, bold

Colors:
    olive,     forest green,     moss green,     sage,     emerald, more...



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