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phaethon
(encz) | Phaethon,Faethon n: [myt.] syn boha slunce Hélia Petr Prášek |
phaethon
(encz) | Phaethon,faeton n: [zoo.] tropický mořský pták Petr Prášek |
Phaethon
(gcide) | Phaethon \Pha"["e]*thon\ (f[=a]"[-e]*th[o^]n), prop. n. [L.,
Pha["e]thon (in sense 1), fr. Gr. Fae`qwn, fr. fae`qein,
fa`ein, to shine. See Phantom.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Helios (Ph[oe]bus), that is, the
son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained
permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which
his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he
not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled
headlong into the river Po.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic
birds.
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phaethon
(wn) | Phaethon
n 1: (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to
drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth
2: type genus of the Phaethontidae [syn: Phaethon, {genus
Phaethon}] |
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phaethon
(encz) | Phaethon,Faethon n: [myt.] syn boha slunce Hélia Petr PrášekPhaethon,faeton n: [zoo.] tropický mořský pták Petr Prášek |
Phaethon flavirostris
(gcide) | Tropic \Trop"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
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Tropic bird (Zool.), any one of three species of oceanic
belonging to the genus Phaethon, found chiefly in
tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central
tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed
tropic bird. Phaethon flavirostris (called also
boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America,
and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
[1913 Webster]Egg-bird \Egg"-bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa)
of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied
to the tropic bird, Pha["e]thon flavirostris.
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family phaethontidae
(wn) | family Phaethontidae
n 1: tropicbirds [syn: Phaethontidae, family Phaethontidae] |
genus phaethon
(wn) | genus Phaethon
n 1: type genus of the Phaethontidae [syn: Phaethon, {genus
Phaethon}] |
phaethon
(wn) | Phaethon
n 1: (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to
drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth
2: type genus of the Phaethontidae [syn: Phaethon, {genus
Phaethon}] |
phaethontidae
(wn) | Phaethontidae
n 1: tropicbirds [syn: Phaethontidae, family Phaethontidae] |
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