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  1. Cacus: Wordnik
  2. Cacus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Cacus: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  4. Cacus, Cacus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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noun:  In Greek and Roman mythology, (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 1.39.2 derived from κακός, meaning bad) a fire-breathing giant and the son of Vulcan (Plutarch called him son of Hephaestus).Plutarch, Of Love, Moralia, 18 He was killed by Hercules after terrorizing the Aventine Hill before the founding of Rome.

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