PHOENIX
/ˈfiːnɪks/
19
Scrabble
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WWF
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Definition
/ˈfiːnɪks/
noun
- 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.
- 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.”
- A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
- A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
Source: Wiktionary
