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(mythology) 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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(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
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(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
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(historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
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(obsolete) A marvelous person or thing.
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Alternative letter-case form of Phoenix (“A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.”)