Phenixes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. (Astron.) A southern constellation.
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     3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.] --Latimer.
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     4. A person or thing that suffered destruction or defeat and
        was restored to its former state.
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     {to rise like a phoenix}, to resume an endeavor after an
        apparently final defeat.
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