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galatea
noun
a strong, twill cotton cloth, often striped, used for play clothes, uniforms, etc.
noun
Gr. Myth. a statue of a maiden which is given life by Aphrodite after its sculptor, Pygmalion, falls in love with it: name applied in post-classical times
See galatea in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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