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PHOEBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small dun-colored North American flycatcher
Synonyms:
phoebe; phoebe bird; Sayornis phoebe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phoebe" is a kind of...):
flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)
Holonyms ("phoebe" is a member of...):
genus Sayornis; Sayornis (phoebes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Titaness ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Synonyms:
5; cinque; fin; five; fivesome; Little Phoebe; pentad; Phoebe; quint; quintet; quintuplet; V
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("Phoebe" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
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