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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In class. myth., the watch-dog of the infernal regions, the offspring of the giant Typhaon and the serpent-woman Echidna.
- noun In herpetology, a genus of East Indian serpents, related to the pythons, having the head entirely covered with small scales.
- noun A constellation of Hevelius, formed out of four small stars of the constellation Hercules, and now obsolete.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology The three-headed
dog who guards the entrance toHades ; and one of the manyoffspring ofEchidna andTyphon . - proper noun astronomy A former
constellation of the northern sky, nearHercules . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Colubridae — certain water snakes..
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
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Cerberus is planning a revival of Chrysler Financial, the auto lender whose core business was effectively dissolved by the U.S. Treasury.
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(Cerberus is on pace to own everything on Earth by 2020.
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Mr. Feinberg continues at the helm of Cerberus, which is perhaps better known for its private-equity investments but which also has a sizeable hedge-fund portfolio.
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If Ben does perhaps control Cerberus aka “Smokey” then why would he have had the following killed?
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If Ben does perhaps control Cerberus aka "Smokey" then why would he have had the following killed?
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That said, they had no shame in coming to the United States government for a handout even though they were a wholly owned entity of Cerberus, which is evidently otherwise flush with cash.
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