Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology The goddess Artemis.
- noun A satellite of Saturn.
- noun The moon personified.
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- proper noun A female
given name . - proper noun Greek mythology A
Titan , the daughter ofUranus andGaia . She became associated withArtemis ,goddess of themoon . - proper noun astronomy The 14th
moon ofSaturn . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Lauraceae — anevergreen tree.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- noun (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon
- noun small dun-colored North American flycatcher
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Phoebe, Phoebe_; after which he shot down into the top of a tree, and with a lively flirt of his tail took up again the same eloquent theme.
Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877
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Rehberg and one of the practice's surgeons, Dr. John Bagnato, were so astonished that they started sending out anonymous faxes to business and community leaders with what they called "Phoebe Factoids."
News 2011
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Rehberg and one of the practice's surgeons, Dr. John Bagnato, were so astonished that they started sending out anonymous faxes to business and community leaders with what they called "Phoebe Factoids."
News 2011
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Rehberg and one of the practice's surgeons, Dr. John Bagnato, were so astonished that they started sending out anonymous faxes to business and community leaders with what they called "Phoebe Factoids."
News 2011
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Her owners set up a webcam a few years ago and now Phoebe is one of the most popular birds on the Internet.
Hummingbird webcam: I know what I’ll be doing today! « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2010
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Roald decided not to go to Norway, but to join Liccy, her girls, and a friend of theirs called Phoebe Berens, in Minorca.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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The Phoebe is a great trout spoon, especially when it's retrieved erratically.
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Who just happened to be logged into my other gmail account with the alias Phoebe King.
Many Seizures, a TIA, resting Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Saturn's moon Phoebe is an object from the outer solar system.
August 2005 2005
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Saturn's moon Phoebe is an object from the outer solar system.
Saturn 2005
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