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labyrinth

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Meaning

  1. noun A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur. A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
  2. noun A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
  3. noun A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges.
  4. noun A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths
  5. noun Anything complicated and confusing in structure, arrangement, or character.
  6. noun A tortuous anatomical structure: A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance, consisting of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth). An accessory respiratory organ of certain fish.
  7. noun A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance, consisting of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
  8. noun An accessory respiratory organ of certain fish.

Similar words

maze internal ear inner ear jungle rishi tangle warren catacomb network web

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Word family

labyrinths

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