typhon

Noun

ty=phon

WORDNET DICTIONARY

typhon(n = noun.person) - (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx;

typhon, n. [Gr. , and . See Typhoon.].

According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him. [1913 Webster]
" By modern writers, Typhon is identified with the Egyptian Set, who represents physical evil. Encyc. Brit. " Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]
A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. [1913 Webster]
"The circling typhon whirled from point to point." [1913 Webster]