How to pronounce “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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