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Cerberus
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The three-headed dog of Greek mythology that guards the entrance to the underworld.
"Hercules was tasked with capturing Cerberus as one of his twelve labors."
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Etymology
From Latin Cerberus, from Ancient Greek Kerberos, of unknown origin.