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According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him.

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  1. n. According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him.
  2. n. A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.
  3. n. (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx
  4. n. (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx