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Definition of: Hecatoncheires
(hek′ə·tən·kī′rēz)
In Greek mythology, the three hundred–handed, fifty–headed giants, sons of Uranus and Gaea: Briareus, Cottus, and Gyes: identified with the Roman Centimanus. [<Gk. <hekaton a hundred + cheir hand]
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