Apophis

[ uh-poh-fis ]

nounEgyptian Mythology.
  1. a demon serpent of darkness whom Ra, as sun god, destroys every morning at dawn.

Origin of Apophis

1
<Greek Ápophis<Egyptian; see Apepi

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