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Coryphei
Corypheus Cor`y*phe"us (k?r`?-f?"?s), n.; pl. E. Corypheuses (-[e^]z), L. Coryphei (-f?"?). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. ???, fr. koryfh` head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. --South.
Coryphene
Coryphene Cor"y*phene` (k?r"?-f?n`), n. [NL. coryphena, fr. Gr. koryfh` head, summit, peak: cf. F. coryph[`e]ne.] (Zo["o]l.) A fish of the genus Coryph[ae]na. See Dolphin. (2)
Corypheus
Corypheus Cor`y*phe"us (k?r`?-f?"?s), n.; pl. E. Corypheuses (-[e^]z), L. Coryphei (-f?"?). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. ???, fr. koryfh` head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. --South.
Corypheuses
Corypheus Cor`y*phe"us (k?r`?-f?"?s), n.; pl. E. Corypheuses (-[e^]z), L. Coryphei (-f?"?). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. ???, fr. koryfh` head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. --South.

Meaning of Coryphe from wikipedia

- In Gr**** mythology, Coryphe (Ancient Gr****: Κορυφή) was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oce**** and his sister-wife Tethys...
- leader of the chorus. Hence the term (sometimes in an Anglicized form "coryphe") is used for the chief or leader of any company or movement. The original...
- Byz. 6th cent. AD Corybantes Calliope Strabo 1st cent. AD Coria (Athene) Coryphe Cic. DND 1st cent. BC Dionysus Demeter Aphrodite Dione Hom. Il. 8th cent...
- town of Corfu got its Western name from the twin peaks of the fortress ("Coryphe" in Gr****). The earliest indication of fortifications on the site presently...
- and a muse. ****emneste ✓ Clymene ✓ ✓ The name of a Nereid Clytie ✓ ✓ Coryphe Daeira Dione ✓ The name of a Nereid Dodone Doris ✓ ✓ The name of a Nereid...
- Cotesia congregata (Say, 1836) Cotesia corylicolus (Tobias, 1986) Cotesia coryphe (Nixon, 1974) Cotesia crambi (Weed, 1887) Cotesia cr****ifemorata van Achterberg...
- Ascholius, Bishop of Thessaloniki (383) Venerable Eusebius, recluse of Mount Coryphe near Antioch (4th century) Venerable Salamanes the Silent (Salamanes the...
- east as Texas. The generic name Coryphantha is derived from the Gr****--coryphe="head", anthos="flower"; that is to say the plant with a flower on its...
- works in New York Vujin, Vladimir (2010). Sentimental S****book, The Sport Coryphe of the City of Novi Sad (in Serbian). Novi Sad, Serbia: Dnevnik newspaper...
- Museum is made 1969 - first exhibition outside of the museum "Wrestling Coryphe Georg Hackenschmidt" 1971 - the first permanent exhibition "On the history...