the nephew and apprentice of Daedalus, who surpassed his uncle as an inventor and was killed by him out of jealousy
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Ta•los
(tā′los),USA pronunciation n. [Class. Myth.]
- Mythologya man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
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