Meleager

[ mel-ee-ey-jer ]
noun

  1. flourished 1st century b.c., Greek epigrammatist.

  2. Classical Mythology. the heroic son of Althaea, an Argonaut, and the slayer of the Calydonian boar.: Compare Calydonian hunt.

  • Also Mel·e·ag·ros [mel-ee-ag-ros]. /ˌmɛl iˈæg rɒs/.

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British Dictionary definitions for Meleager

Meleager

/ (ˌmɛlɪˈeɪɡə) /

noun

  1. Greek myth one of the Argonauts, slayer of the Calydonian boar

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