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Definition or meaning of the English word Phaethon
The son of Helios Phoebus; that is; the son of light; or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun; in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire; had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter; and hurled headl (n.).
A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds. (n.).
