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ac·tae·on \akˈtēən\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Actaeon, a hunter in Greco-Roman mythology turned into a stag by Diana and torn to pieces by his own dogs, from Latin, from Greek Aktaiōn : a genus (the type of the family Actaeonidae) of tectibranchiate mollusks having the viscera twisted to a figure 8 and the shell large and spiral with the spire usually prominent — compare tectibranchia |