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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cerberus \Cer"be*rus\, n. [L. Cerberus (in sense 1), gr ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Cerberus n : (Greek mythology) 3-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon [syn: {Cerberus}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance -- against whom or what does not clearly appear; everybody, sooner or later had to go there and nobody wanted to carry off the entrance. Cerberus is known to have had three heads, and some of the poets have credited him with as many as a hundred. Professor Graybill, whose clerky erudition and profound knowledge of Greek give his opinion great weight, has averaged all the estimates, and makes the number twenty-seven -- a judgment that would be entirely conclusive is Professor Graybill had known a something about dogs, and b something about arithmetic.
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