from: Christian Mythology, Greek and Roman Mythology
A*pol"ly*on (#), n. [Gr. destroying, fr. , , to destroy utterly; from, entirely + to destroy.]
The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
© Webster 1913.
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