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Definition of: phoenix
(fē′niks) noun
1. In Egyptian mythology, a legendary bird of great beauty, unique of its kind, which was supposed to live for 500 or 600 years in the Arabian Desert and then consume itself by fire, rising again from its ashes young and beautiful to live through another cycle: a symbol of immortality.
2. A person of matchless beauty or excellence; a paragon. Also spelled phenix. [OE fenix <Med. L phenix <L phoenix <Gk. phoinix the phoenix]
Described by Herodotus as golden–winged with eaglelike red body.
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