phoebe

[ fee-bee ]

noun
  1. any of several small American flycatchers of the genus Sayornis, especially S. phoebe, of eastern North America.

Origin of phoebe

1
1690–1700, Americanism; imitative; spelling by influence of Phoebe

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Other definitions for Phoebe (2 of 2)

Phoebe
[ fee-bee ]

noun
  1. Classical Mythology. a Titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaia and mother of Leto, later identified with Artemis and with the Roman goddess Diana.

  2. Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.

  1. Literary. the moon personified.

  2. a female given name.

Origin of Phoebe

2
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English Phebe, Phebee, from Latin Phoebē, from Greek Phoíbē, feminine of phoîbos “shining, radiant, bright”; see Phoebus

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British Dictionary definitions for phoebe (1 of 3)

phoebe

/ (ˈfiːbɪ) /


noun
  1. any of several greyish-brown North American flycatchers of the genus Sayornis, such as S. phoebe (eastern phoebe)

Origin of phoebe

1
C19: imitative of the bird's call

British Dictionary definitions for Phoebe (2 of 3)

Phoebe1

Phebe

/ (ˈfiːbɪ) /


noun
  1. classical myth a Titaness, who later became identified with Artemis (Diana) as goddess of the moon

  2. poetic a personification of the moon

British Dictionary definitions for Phoebe (3 of 3)

Phoebe2

/ (ˈfiːbɪ) /


noun
  1. the outermost satellite of the planet Saturn. It has retrograde motion and a dark surface

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