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phoenixes Definition


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phoenix
noun phoenixes
    1. In Arabian legend: a bird which every 500 years sets itself on fire and is reborn from its ashes to live a further 500 years.
    2. Someone or something of unique excellence or unsurpassable beauty.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fenix: from Greek phoinix.



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