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Noun: Phaethon
  1. (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth
     
  2. Type genus of the Phaethontidae
    - genus Phaethon

Type of: bird genus, Greek deity

Part of: family Phaethontidae, Phaethontidae

Encyclopedia: Phaethon