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Character from The Odyssey that’s acidic? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

phi

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'character' is the definition.
(phi is a kind of character)

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(Other definitions for phi that I've seen before include "letter to Timon?" , "classic character" , "exotic character" , "Greek letter in previous answer" , "Twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet" .)

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