phoe�nix \'fe-niks\ n [ME fenix, fr. OE, fr. L phoenix, Gk phoinix purle, crimson, Phoenician, phoenix, date palm, fr. phoinos bloodred: akin to Gk phonos murder, theinein to strike - more at DEFEND] : a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose youthfully alive from the ashes to live another period - phoe�nix�like \-,lik\ adj

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