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Icarus definition

Ica·rus (ik′ə rəs; occas. ī′kə-)

noun

Gr. Myth. the son of Daedalus; escaping from Crete by flying with wings made by Daedalus, Icarus flies so high that the sun's heat melts the wax by which his wings are fastened, and he falls to his death in the sea

Etymology: L < Gr Ikaros

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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