Er|y|man|thi|an boar

Er|y|man|thi|an boar
Er|y|man|thi|an boar «EHR uh MAN thee uhn»,
Greek Legend. a savage boar captured by Hercules as the fourth of his twelve labors.
[< Latin Erymanthēus of Mount Erymanthus, in Arcadia, home of the beast + English -ian]

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