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Achilles

/əˈkɪliz/
/əˈkɪliz/
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Other forms: Achilleses

Definitions of Achilles
  1. noun
    a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
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    mythical being
    an imaginary being of myth or fable
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