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cu´pid|like´
Cu|pid «KYOO pihd», noun.
the Roman god of love, son of Venus and either Mercury or Mars. The Greeks called him Eros. Cupid is usually represented as a winged boy with bow and arrows.
[< Latin Cupīdo (literally) deire < cupere desire]
cu|pid «KYOO pihd», noun.
a figure of a winged child used as a symbol of love: »

a valentine covered with little cupids.

[< Cupid]
cu´pid|like´, adjective.

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