PHAETHON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phaethon mean? 

• PHAETHON (noun)
  The noun PHAETHON has 2 senses:

1. (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth

2. type genus of the Phaethontidae

  Familiarity information: PHAETHON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHAETHON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Phaethontidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Phaethon; Phaethon

Hypernyms ("Phaethon" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Phaethon"):

boatswain bird; tropic bird; tropicbird (mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land)

Holonyms ("Phaethon" is a member of...):

family Phaethontidae; Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)