pheon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pheon
First recorded in 1480–90; earlier feon, of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Crest, in a mural coronet argent, a pheon sable, with a sprig of laurel issuing therefrom proper.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
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