Meanings
noun
- pluralrareplural of phœnix
In accordance with the order, vultures, phœnices, hawks, falcons, kites, owls, parrots, and, in fine, all carnivorous birds having claws and beaks instantly presented themselves.
1869, John Dowson, chapter XIV, in Ikhwánu‐s Safá, Trübner & Co., page 70
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