Thoth

2 definitions found

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

  Thoth \Thoth\, n.
     1. (Myth.) The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient
        Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and
        philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans,
        and was usually represented as a human figure with the
        head of an ibis or a lamb.


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     2. (Zool.) The Egyptian sacred baboon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Thoth
       n : Egyptian ibis-headed moon deity; god of wisdom and learning
           and the arts; scribe of the gods