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Hundredhanded

Hundredhanded is the alternative form of Hundred-handed.

Meaning of Hundred-handed

Adjective

Hundred-handed (not comparable)

  1. Of the Hekatonkheires, three giants of Greek mythology who helped Zeus overthrow the Titans.
    • Uranos imprisoned the Titans in the earth, and threw the Cyclops and Hundred-handed Giants into Tartarus, but was at length overthrown and disabled by his son Cronos the Titan, who thereupon released his brother Titans and established the second dynasty of gods called the Cronids.1855, James Talboys Wheeler, The Life and Travels of Herodotus - Volume 2, page 99

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Questions about Hundredhanded

What is Hundredhanded the alternative form of?
Hundredhanded is the alternative form of Hundred-handed.

Words near Hundredhanded in the dictionary

  1. hundreders
  2. hundredfold
  3. hundredfolded
  4. hundredfolding
  5. hundredfolds
  6. Hundredhanded
  7. hundredish
  8. hundredman
  9. hundredmen
  10. hundredodd
  11. hundredor

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