Dictionary entry

Typhon

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ty″phon (?), n. [Gr. �, and �. See Typhoon.] (Class. Mythol.) 1. According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him.

☞ By modern writers, Typhon is identified with the Egyptian Set, who represents physical evil. Encyc. Brit.

2. A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.

The circling typhon whirled from point to point. Thomson.