phoenix — /fee niks/, n., gen. Phoenicis /fee nuy sis, nee / for 2. 1. (sometimes cap.) a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness … Universalium
Phoenix — /fee niks/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a. the brother of Cadmus and Europa, and eponymous ancestor of the Phoenicians. b. a son of Amyntor and Cleobule who became the foster father of Achilles and who fought with the Greek forces in the Trojan War. 2. a… … Universalium
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