Associations to the word «Bellerophon»
Noun
Wiktionary
BELLEROPHON, noun. (paleontology) Any of the genus Bellerophon of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, and peculiar to the Paleozoic age.
Dictionary definition
BELLEROPHON, noun. (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.