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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A renowned craftsman, sculptor, and inventor and builder of the Labyrinth. He fashioned the wings with which he and his son Icarus escaped from Crete after their imprisonment by Minos.
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- proper noun Greek mythological figure who crafted the waxen wings of Icarus.
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- noun (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
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This issue is examined in a new issue of the journal Daedalus from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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This issue is examined in a new issue of the journal Daedalus from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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This issue is examined in a new issue of the journal Daedalus from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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This issue is examined in a new issue of the journal Daedalus from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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By the way, Daedalus is the most Internet-hostile journal out there, as far as I can tell.
Foreword to Bryan's Book, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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This issue is examined in a new issue of the journal Daedalus from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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This is a longer version of a paper we originally published for a symposium in Daedalus on the future of the humanities in the 21st century.
Balkinization 2006
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While the “real” Daedalus is steaming toward Earth, Sheppard, Teyla, McKay and Ronon take a jumper over to the phantom cruiser to see what’s up.
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In our school, we use something called Daedalus that's much cheaper and more practical.
Arthur Goldstein: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, His Crystal Ball, and the Crisis of the Century Arthur Goldstein 2011
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In our school, we use something called Daedalus that's much cheaper and more practical.
Arthur Goldstein: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, His Crystal Ball, and the Crisis of the Century Arthur Goldstein 2011
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