- a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance of the infernal regions.
- a formidable and often surly keeper or guard.
- a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance to Hades
- a bribe or something given to propitiate a potential source of danger or problems
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