Australian English Meaning of phaethon
Phaethon
Other Australian English words related to Phaethon
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of phaethon
Definitions and Meaning of phaethon in English
phaethon (n)
(Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth
type genus of the Phaethontidae
phaethon (n.)
The son of Helios (Phoebus), 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.
A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.
FAQs About the word phaethon
Phaethon
(Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth, type genus of the PhaethontidaeThe son of Helios
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
phaeospore => phaeospore, phaeophyta => Brown algae, phaeophyceae => Brown algae, phaeochromocytoma => Phaeochromocytoma, phaenomenon => phenomenon,
