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phoenix

phoe·nix

phoenix

 
pronunciation:
fi nihks
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part of speech: noun
definition: (sometimes cap.) a beautiful bird in Egyptian mythology that lives for five hundred years, then sets itself on fire and rises alive again from the ashes. The phoenix is a symbol of immortality.
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