Icarus

UK: /ˈɪkərəs/ US: (ik′ər əs, ī′kər-)

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Ic•a•rus  (ik′ər əs, ī′kər-), n. 

1. Mythology Also, Ikaros. [Class. Myth.] a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
2. Astronomy an asteroid whose eccentric orbit brings it closer to the sun than any other known asteroid.

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Icarus / ˈɪkərəs ˈaɪ-/ noun

1. the son of Daedalus, with whom he escaped from Crete, flying with wings made of wax and feathers. Heedless of his father's warning, he flew too near the sun, which caused the wax to melt, and he fell into the Aegean and drowned