- genus Phaethon
- nountype genus of the Phaethontidae• Syn: ↑Phaethon• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Phaethontidae, ↑family Phaethontidae• Member Meronyms: ↑tropic bird, ↑tropicbird, ↑boatswain bird
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genus Phaethon
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Phaethon — noun 1. (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father s chariot and came too close to earth • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Greek deity 2. type genus of the Phaethontidae • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
PHAETHON — Clymenes Nymphae et Solis filius fuisse dicitur, qui cum Epapho, Iovis filio, non cederet, seque Solis filium esso gloriaretur, hunc falso gloriari inquit Epaphus, teste Ovidiô, Met. l. 1. v. 748. Huic Epaphus, magni genitus de semine tandem… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Phaethon — Pha [ e]*thon, n. [L., Pha[ e]thon (in sense 1), fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, to shine. See {Phantom}.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Helios (Ph[oe]bus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Phaethon flavirostris — Tropic Trop ic, a. Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical. [1913 Webster] {Tropic bird} (Zo[ o]l.), any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus {Pha[ e]thon}, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bird genus — noun a genus of birds • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Protoavis, ↑genus Archaeopteryx, ↑genus Archeopteryx, ↑genus Sinornis, ↑genus Ibero mesornis, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
Tropicbird — Taxobox name = Tropicbirds image caption = Red tailed Tropicbird ( Phaethon rubricauda ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo = see text familia = Phaethontidae familia authority = Brandt, 1840 genus … Wikipedia
tropic bird — noun mostly white web footed tropical seabird often found far from land • Syn: ↑tropicbird, ↑boatswain bird • Hypernyms: ↑pelecaniform seabird • Member Holonyms: ↑Phaethon, ↑genus Phaethon * * * … Useful english dictionary
pelecaniform — [pel΄ ə kan′ə fôrm΄] adj. of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants * * * ▪ bird Introduction any of the relatively large and… … Universalium
Red-billed Tropicbird — Taxobox name = Red billed Tropicbird status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Pelecaniformes familia = Phaethontidae genus = Phaethon species = P. aethereus binomial =… … Wikipedia
Red-tailed Tropicbird — Taxobox name = Red tailed Tropicbird status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image caption = Red tailed Tropicbird regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Pelecaniformes familia = Phaethontidae genus = Phaethon species = P.… … Wikipedia
