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

 Ty·phon /ˈtaɪˌfɑn/
 大喇叭

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ty·phon n.  Class. Mythol.
 1. According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him.
 Note:By modern writers, Typhon is identified with the Egyptian Set, who represents physical evil.
 2. A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. [Obs.]
    The circling typhon whirled from point to point.   --Thomson.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Typhon
      n : (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads and one of
          the whirlwinds; son of Typhoeus and Echidna; father of
          Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx