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Definition of Phaethon
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth.
2. Noun. Type genus of the Phaethontidae.
Exact synonyms: Genus Phaethon
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phaethontidae, Phaethontidae
Member holonyms: Boatswain Bird, Tropic Bird, Tropicbird
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phaethontidae, Phaethontidae
Member holonyms: Boatswain Bird, Tropic Bird, Tropicbird
Medical Definition of Phaethon
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1. 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.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phaethon
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