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6 words match “PHENIX”

PHENIX n. 3 definitions
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.
ARABIAN a.
Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak.
BIRD n.
en. And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry. Campbell. Arabian bird, the phenix. -- Bird of Jove, the eagle. -- Bird of Juno, the peacock. -- Bird louse (Zoöl.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mit…
INCINERATION n.
The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation. The phenix kind, Of whose incineration, There riseth a new creation. Skelton.
PHOENIX n.
Same as Phenix. Shak.
UNIQUE n.
A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled. [R.] The phenix, the unique pf birds. De Quincey.