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His wings melted in the sun
Answer for the clue "His wings melted in the sun ", 6 letters:
icarus
Alternative clues for the word icarus
Word definitions for icarus in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
son of Daedalus in Greek mythology; he flew too high on artificial wings and so plunged to his death. Used allusively from 1580s. The name is of unknown origin.
Usage examples of icarus.
He had, after all, done his nuke perisher - the cos' Qualifying Course - after surviving the Icarus incident, and FOSM'S appointer had at the time hinted that if Farge succeeded in the perisher and was promoted to commander, he would, as the most experienced of the candidates, be getting one of the Swiftsures - the nuclear hunter-killers which, because of their success, were now being produced as fast as the yards could build them.
Quiescent and apparently defensive minded though they'd been since Icarus, Pierre was far from convinced that they were down for the count.
Moreover a perfect opportunity to test those modifications presented itself in the form of Icarus B’s twin, Icarus C, which was just in the right phase of construction to permit ready incorporation of the redesigns, provided that no time was wasted in approving the change of plan.
The journal of Neurophysiology's going to one zip code and Physica Scripta and ICARUS are going to another.