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Phaethon

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Wordnet

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

Webster

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.

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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

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phaeospore => phaeospore, phaeophyta => Brown algae, phaeophyceae => Brown algae, phaeochromocytoma => Pheochromocytoma, phaenomenon => phenomenon,