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Erebus
Boy NameGreek Mythology Origin
Meaning
Latinized form of the Greek Ερεβος (Erebos) which means "nether darkness". Erebus was the personific
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Erebus terminitincta
Erebus terminitincta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Max Gaede in 1938.
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Erebus: The Aftermath
Erebus: The Aftermath was a 1987 New Zealand television miniseries about Air New Zealand Flight 901, which crashed in Antarctica in 1979.
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