Aegean
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; "Aegean islands"
Aegean
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization
aegean
— Noun
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~ an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
Aegiceras
— Noun
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~ a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae
aegir
— Noun
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~ a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
aegis
— Noun
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~ armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
aegis
— Noun
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~ kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
Aegisthus
— Noun
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~ (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him
Aegospotami
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~ a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)
Aegospotami
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~ a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
Aegospotamos
— Noun
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~ a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
Aegospotamos
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~ a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)
Aegypiidae
— Noun
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~ in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae
Aegypius
— Noun
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~ a genus of Accipitridae
Aedes aegypti
— Noun
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~ mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
Aegyptopithecus
— Noun
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~ extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt