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Clo⋅tho

[kloh-thoh]
–noun Classical Mythology.
the Fate who spins the thread of life.

Origin:
< L < Gk Klōth lit., Spinner, equiv. to klth(ein) to spin + suffix used in fem. names
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Clo·tho   (klō'thō)   
n.   Greek Mythology
One of the three Fates, the spinner of the thread of destiny.

[Greek Klōthō, from klōthein, to spin.]
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