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Phaethon (/ ˈ f eɪ. ə θ ən /; Ancient Greek: Φαέθων, romanized: Phaéthōn, lit. 'shiner', pronounced [pʰa.é.tʰɔːn]), also spelled Phaëthon, is the son of the Oceanid Clymene and the sun god Helios in Greek mythology.
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The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
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Dark photon, also called phaeton, a hypothetical dark matter particle; Phaethon, genus name of the three tropicbird species; Phaeton, Haiti, an old factory town; Phaethon (roller coaster), a steel inverted roller coaster at Gyeongju World in South Korea; Phaethon, proxy group and protagonists of Zenless Zone Zero
This "pathological anatomy" paved the way for "clinical pathology that applied the knowledge of opening up corpses and quantifying illnesses to treatments." [72] Along with the popularity of anatomy and dissection came an increasing interest in the preservation of dissected specimens. In the 17th century, many of the anatomical specimens were ...
The spider phaeton, of American origin and made for gentlemen drivers, [4] was a high and lightly constructed carriage with a covered seat in front and a footman's seat behind. [5] Fashionable phaetons used at horse shows included the Stanhope , typically having a high seat and closed back, [ 6 ] and the Tilbury , a two-wheeled carriage with an ...
The name is from Ancient Greek phaethōn meaning "sun". [4] The type species was designated as the red-billed tropicbird ( Phaethon aethereus ) by George Robert Gray in 1840. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]