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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small dun-colored North American flycatcherplay

    Synonyms:

    phoebe; phoebe bird; Sayornis phoebe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("phoebe" is a kind of...):

    flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

    Holonyms ("phoebe" is a member of...):

    genus Sayornis; Sayornis (phoebes)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moonplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    Titaness ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology)

    Domain category:

    Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    The cardinal number that is the sum of four and oneplay

    Synonyms:

    5; cinque; fin; five; fivesome; Little Phoebe; pentad; Phoebe; quint; quintet; quintuplet; V

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("Phoebe" is a kind of...):

    digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

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