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- English Word Phalanger Definition Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidae. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.
- English Word Phalanges Definition pl. of Phalanx.
- English Word Phalanges Definition of Phalanx
- English Word Phalangial Definition Alt. of Phalangian
- English Word Phalangian Definition Phalangeal.
- English Word Phalangid Definition One of the Phalangoidea.
- English Word Phalangides Definition of Phalangid
- English Word Phalangious Definition Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.
- English Word Phalangist Definition Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.
- English Word Phalangister Definition Alt. of Phalangistine
- English Word Phalangistine Definition Same as Phalangist.
- English Word Phalangite Definition A soldier belonging to a phalanx.
- English Word Phalangoidea Definition A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.
- English Word Phalanstere Definition A phalanstery.
- English Word Phalansterian Definition Of or pertaining to phalansterianism.
- English Word Phalansterian Definition One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier.
- English Word Phalansterianism Definition A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.
- English Word Phalansterism Definition Alt. of Phalansterianism
- English Word Phalanstery Definition An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism.
- English Word Phalanstery Definition The dwelling house of a Fourierite community.
- English Word Phalanx Definition A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.
- English Word Phalanx Definition Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.
- English Word Phalanx Definition A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
- English Word Phalanx Definition One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
- English Word Phalanx Definition A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
- English Word Phalanxes Definition of Phalanx
- English Word Phalarope Definition Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose.
- English Word Phalli Definition of Phallus
- English Word Phallic Definition Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.
- English Word Phallicism Definition See Phallism.