PHOENIX
Phoenix
Phoenix is an alternative rock band from Versailles, France, consisting of Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Phoenix (band)
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
phoenix
Noun
- A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
- Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.
- Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
- A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: phoenix
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.