typhon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (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

WordNet

Ty"phon noun
Etymology
Gr. , and . See Typhoon.
Definitions
(Class. Mythol.)
  1. According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him. father of Cerberus, the Chimera, and the Sphinx ✍ By modern writers, Typhon is identified with the Egyptian Set, who represents physical evil. Encyc. Brit.
  2. A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. Obs.
    The circling typhon whirled from point to point. Thomson.

Webster 1913