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apollo

 

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Noun apollo has 1 sense
  1. Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo - Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis
    --1 is a kind of Greek deity
    --1 has particulars: Pythius

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Apollo

Noun

Sense 1: Greek and Roman Mythology. The god of music, poetry, prophecy, and healing, and the son of Zeus and Leto. He is often depicted as a young man with a lyre or a bow and arrow.

Sample Sentence: In Greek mythology, Apollo was one of the twelve Olympian gods.

Sense 2: A space program conducted by NASA in the 1960s and 1970s that successfully landed astronauts on the moon.

Sample Sentence: Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to set foot on the moon during the Apollo mission.

Sense 3: A short tube-shaped flower with six petals, popular in gardens for its vibrant colors.

Sample Sentence: The garden was blooming with beautiful apollo flowers.

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