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phoebe definition

☆ phoebe (fē′bē)

noun

any of a genus (Sayornis) of tyrant flycatchers with a grayish or brown back

Etymology: echoic, with sp. after Phoebe

Phoebe definition

Phoebe (fē′bē)

noun

  1. a feminine name
  2. Gr. Myth. Artemis as goddess of the moon: identified with the Roman Diana
  3. Old Poet. the moon personified
  4. the small outermost satellite of Saturn, having an unusual retrograde orbit

Etymology: L < Gr Phoibē, fem. of Phoibos: see Phoebus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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