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perseuses

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Per⋅se⋅us

[pur-see-uhs, -syoos]
–noun, genitive -se⋅i [-see-ahy] for 3.
1. Classical Mythology. a hero, the son of Zeus and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa, and afterward saved Andromeda from a sea monster.
2. Astronomy. a northern constellation between Cassiopeia and Taurus, containing the variable star Algol.
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Perseus   (pûr'sē-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Auriga.
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