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(Greek: 1. Io, daughter of the river god, Inachus. 2. An arrow; poison, rust)


Io
From Greek mythology, a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together, Zeus turned her into a white heifer.
iophobia
A morbid fear of poisons.

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