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Pho⋅bos

  [foh-buhs, -bos]
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–noun
1. Also, Pho⋅bus  [foh-buhs] . Classical Mythology. a son and attendant of Ares and the personification of a fear held to possess armies and cause their defeat.
2. Astronomy. one of the two moons of Mars.
Compare Deimos.
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Pho·bos   (fō'bəs)   
n.  The larger and inner of the two planetary satellites of Mars.

[Greek, fear, deity who personifies fear, from phobos, fear; see -phobe.]
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Phobos   (fō'bəs)  Pronunciation Key 
The larger and inner of the two planetary satellites of Mars.
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