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phoebe
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noun
any of a genus (Sayornis) of tyrant flycatchers with a grayish or brown back
noun
- a feminine name
- Gr. Myth. Artemis as goddess of the moon: identified with the Roman Diana
- Old Poet. the moon personified
- the small outermost satellite of Saturn, having an unusual retrograde orbit
See phoebe in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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