PHOENIX
- a mythical bird [n PHOENIXES]
- mythical bird that burns, then rises from its ashes
- a. the brother of Cadmus and Europa, and eponymous ancestor of the Phoenicians b. son of Amyntor and Cleobule who became the foster father of Achilles and who fought with the Greek forces in the Trojan War
- 13-ft. (4 m), 989-lb. (445 kg), U.S. Navy air-to-air missile with radar guidance and a range of over 120 nautical mi
- a mythical bird, also PHENIX [n -ES]