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Tantalus :: Tantalus (n.) A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them..

Tantalus :: Tantalus (n.) A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.

Niobe :: Niobe (n.) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone..

Talus :: Talus (n.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.

Talus :: Talus (n.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

Talus :: Talus (n.) The astragalus.

Water Rattler :: Water rattler () The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.

Massasauga :: Massasauga (n.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley..

Tantalism :: Tantalism (n.) A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.

Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..

Crotalus :: Crotalus (n.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes..

Talus :: Talus (n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

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