phaethon

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Phaethontidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	boatswain bird, tropic bird, tropicbird,
definition	:	mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family phaethontidae, phaethontidae,
definition	:	tropicbirds (noun.animal)

2. (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	greek deity,
definition	:	a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks (noun.person)

domain category	:	greek mythology,
definition	:	the mythology of the ancient Greeks (noun.group)