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Remus

American  
[ree-muhs] / ˈri məs /

noun

  1. Roman Legend. Romulus1

  2. Uncle. Uncle Remus.


Remus British  
/ ˈriːməs /

noun

  1. Roman myth the brother of Romulus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr. Dooley deployed the Remus “to swim in tight rows across a defined area of the seabed” before loyally returning to its surface support vessel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi were engineered, or made to resemble dire wolves, using gene editing techniques like CRISPR.

From Salon May 15, 2025

The other two are named Romulus and Remus, after the mythical founders of Rome said to have been suckled by a she-wolf as infants.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi do not have dire wolf parents to learn from—and we have absolutely no way of knowing whether they are truly behaving like dire wolves at all.

From Slate Apr. 10, 2025

“I’m talking about your niece, Bellatrix. And yours, Lucius and Narcissa. She has just married the werewolf, Remus Lupin. You must be so proud.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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