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Io

I·o [  ō,  ō ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. woman turned into heifer: in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Inachus, turned into a heifer by the god Zeus to protect her from the jealousy of his wife Hera

2. large moon of Jupiter: a large volcanically active satellite of Jupiter

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