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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Per·seus /ˈpɝˌsus, siəs/
 Zeus之子,殺女怪Medusa的英雄,英仙座

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Per·se·us prop. n.
 1. Class. Myth. A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.
 2. Astron. A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Perseus
      n 1: (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the
           help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a
           sea monster
      2: a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere;
         between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way