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phenixes |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phenix \Phe"nix\, n.; pl {Phenixes}. [L. phoenix, Gr foi^nix.] [Written also {ph[oe]nix}.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act and to rise again from its ashes. Hence an emblem of immortality. 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. 3. A marvelous person or thing [R.] --Latimer.