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Ho⋅rus

[hawr-uhs, hohr-]
–noun Egyptian Religion.
a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.

Origin:
< LL Hōrus < Gk Hôros < Egyptian ḥr
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Horus 
1851, Egyptian hawk-headed god, from L. Horus, from Egyptian Hor, lit. "the high-flying one."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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