Phenix \Phe"nix\, n.; pl. Phenixes. [L. phoenix, Gr. foi^nix.]

[Written also ph[oe]nix.]

1. (Gr. Myth.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.

2. (Astron.) A southern constellation.

3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.]

--Latimer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)