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The worm, known as Halicephalobus mephisto, is tiny — two hundredths of an inch at the longest — and belongs to the vast and diverse phylum of nematodes.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2011

These they put into a small bag, and mephisto went back through the scullery into the back garden and hid these spoons in a bush.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles

What is this?—oh! the book mephisto had sold him.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles

Flew he never so fast mephisto was there an instant before him.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles