| phoenix | |
| 1. n. (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 f | |
| 2. n. (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile. | |
| Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes. | |
| 3. n. (Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies. | |
| 4. n. (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta. | |
