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Noun: Phaethon
  1. Type genus of the Phaethontidae
    - genus Phaethon
     
  2. (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth

Type of: bird genus, Greek deity

Part of: family Phaethontidae, Phaethontidae

Encyclopedia: Phaethon

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phacelia
Phacelia campanularia
Phacelia minor
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Phacelia whitlavia
Phacochoerus
phacoemulsification
phaeochromocytoma
Phaeophyceae
Phaeophyta
Phaethon
Phaethontidae
phaeton
phage
phagocyte
phagocytic
phagocytosis
Phagun
phaius
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax