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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thoth  \Thoth\,  n. 
  1.  (Myth.)  The  god  of  eloquence  and  letters  among  the  ancient 
  Egyptians,  and  supposed  to  be  the  inventor  of  writing  and 
  philosophy.  He  corresponded  to  the  Mercury  of  the  Romans, 
  and  was  usually  represented  as  a  human  figure  with  the 
  head  of  an  ibis  or  a  lamb. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  Egyptian  sacred  baboon. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Thoth 
  n  :  ibis-headed  moon  deity;  god  of  wisdom  and  learning  and  the 
  arts;  scribe  of  the  gods  [syn:  {Thoth}] 




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