English noun: Phaethon | |||
1. | Phaethon (person) (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth | ||
Instance hypernym | Greek deity | ||
Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
2. | Phaethon (animal) type genus of the Phaethontidae | ||
Synonyms | genus Phaethon | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bird genus | ||
Member holonym | boatswain bird, tropic bird, tropicbird | ||
Member meronym | family Phaethontidae, Phaethontidae | ||