tantalus

/หˆtรฆntษ™lษ™s/

IPA: /T AE1 N T AH0 L AH0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana.

  2. 2

    A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.

  3. 3

    Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalus