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Dagon definition

Da·gon (dā′gän′)

noun

Myth. the chief god of the ancient Philistines and later of the Phoenicians, sometimes represented as half man and half fish

Etymology: ME < LL(Ec) < LGr(Ec) < Heb < ? dāgān, grain (hence ? god of agriculture)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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