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How to pronounce “tantalus”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of tantalus with real speech in context.
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- Thirst for Power: Energy, Water and Human Survival
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- Definition summary
- A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana.
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How to pronounce tantalus
Thirst for Power: Energy, Water and Human Survival

its roots related to water Tantalus was
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A Deep Dive Into “tantalus”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana.
- A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.
- Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.
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