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Phoenix

/ˈfiːnɪks/

A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

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noun
  1. 1

    A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

  2. 2

    Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.

    "Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes."

  3. 3

    A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.

  4. 4

    A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.

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