Briarean

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Briarean \Bri*a"re*an\, a. [L. Briareius, fr. Briareus a
     mythological hundred-handed giant, Gr. ?, fr. ? strong.]
     Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to
     have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.
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