apollo

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[əˈpɒləʊ], (Noun)

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- a large butterfly which has creamy-white wings marked with black and red spots, found chiefly on the mountains of mainland Europe


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mid 19th century: from Apollo


[əˈpɒləʊ], (Noun)

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- a god, son of Zeus and Leto and brother of Artemis. He is associated with music, poetic inspiration, archery, prophecy, medicine, pastoral life, and the sun

- the American space programme for landing astronauts on the moon. Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the moon (1968), Apollo 11 was the first to land astronauts (1969), and five further landings took place up to 1972


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