- A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of
Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his
hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from
Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with
the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration. - A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point.
Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form
the square of Pegasus. - A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and
the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from
the East Indies and China.
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