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Sort of dead Roman character in mythology (9)

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I believe the answer is:

andromeda

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'character in mythology' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'sort of dead roman' is the wordplay.
'sort of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dead'+'roman'='deadroman'
'deadroman' is an anagram of 'ANDROMEDA'.

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(Other definitions for andromeda that I've seen before include "Constellation; bog rosemary" , "Adored man on constellation with great spiral nebula" , "Damsel in distress" , "Legendary beauty" , "Female unfortunately attached to rock" .)

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