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Astyanax

noun As·ty·a·nax \ə-ˈstī-ə-ˌnaks\

Definition of ASTYANAX

:  a son of Hector and Andromache hurled by the Greeks from the walls of Troy
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Origin of ASTYANAX

Greek
First Known Use: 1567

Rhymes with ASTYANAX

anticlimax, bikini wax, carnauba wax, hydrothorax, mesothorax, metathorax, property tax, selling climax, vegetable wax, withholding tax

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