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Meaning of acantis by Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez





Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

acantis
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In Greek mythology, Acantis or Acanthys, was one of the daughters of Antinous and Hippodamia. Sister of Acanthus . For the pain of her brother's death, she cried permanently, so the gods transformed her into a bird to calm her down. Name of a genus of birds of the family Fringilidae (Acanthys), to which the canaries, the goldfinches or the finches belong. Canary, finch, goldfinch.

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