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nounTantalus cup (plural Tantalus cups)
plural Tantalus cups
- eponym - A scientific toy, having a siphon within the figure of a man whose chin is on a level with its bend.
Synonyms: greedy cup, Pythagoras cup, Pythagorean cup
Synonyms & antonyms
nouneponym - A scientific toy, having a siphon within the figure of a man whose chin is on a level with its bend.
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Tantalus cup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tantalus%20cup
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“Tantalus cup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tantalus%20cup. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tantalus cup,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tantalus%20cup.
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