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Phenix
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.
2. A southern constellation.
3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.] Latimer.