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PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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mysticmystical
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
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concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn