Cadmus

/ˈkædməs/
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Other forms: Cadmuses

Definitions of Cadmus
  1. noun
    (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia
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    type of:
    imaginary being, imaginary creature
    a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
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