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Pronunciation: at-lan′tō, at′lō
The atlas (the vertebra that supports the cranium).

[G. Atlas, Atlantos, Atlas, the mythic Titan who supported the dome of the sky on his shoulders]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






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