Meleager

[ mel-ee-ey-jer ]
/ ˌmɛl iˈeɪ dʒər /

noun

flourished 1st century b.c., Greek epigrammatist.
Classical Mythology. the heroic son of Althaea, an Argonaut, and the slayer of the Calydonian boar.Compare Calydonian hunt.

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Also Mel·e·ag·ros [mel-ee-ag-ros] /ˌmɛl iˈæg rɒs/.
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Meleager
/ (ˌmɛlɪˈeɪɡə) /

noun

Greek myth one of the Argonauts, slayer of the Calydonian boar
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