3. (Zoˆl.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, or MelitÊa,
PhaÎton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots
and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; --
called also Baltimore.
Phag`e*de"na (?), n. [L. phagedaena, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to eat.] (Med.)
(a) A canine appetite; bulimia. [Obs.] (b) Spreading, obstinate
ulceration.
{ Phag`e*den"ic (?), Phag`e*den"ic*AL (?), } a. [L. phagedaenicus, Gr.
&?;: cf. F. phagÈdÈnique.] (Med.) Of, like, or pertaining to,
phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer
or medicine. -- n. A phagedenic medicine.
Phag`e*de"nous (?), a. (Med.) Phagedenic.
Phag"o*cyte (?), n. [Gr. &?; to eat + &?; a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.)
A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up
(eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.
||Pha*i`no*pep"la (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; shining + &?; robe.]
||(Zoˆl.) A small crested passerine bird (PhaÔnopepla nitens), native
||of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a
||uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black
||flycatcher.
Phak"o*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; a lentil, or lenticular body + -scope.]
(Physiol.) An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.
||Pha*lÊ"na (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a kind od moth.] (Zoˆl.) A
||linnÊan genus which included the moths in general.
Pha*lÊ"nid (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, a kind od moth.] (Zoˆl.) Any moth of
the family PhalÊnidÊ, of which the cankerworms are examples; a
geometrid.
{ Pha*lan"ge*al (?), Pha*lan"gal (?), } a. Of or pertaining to the
phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.
Pha*lan"ger (?), n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx.] (Zoˆl.) Any
marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera
of the family PhalangistidÊ. They are arboreal, and the species of
Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger,
under Flying.
||Pha*lan"ges (?), n., pl. of Phalanx.
{ Pha*lan"gi*al (?), Pha*lan"gi*an (?), } a. (Anat.) Phalangeal.
Pha*lan"gid (?), n.; pl. Phalangides (&?;). (Zoˆl.) One of the
Phalangoidea.
Pha*lan"gi*ous (?), a. [L. phalangium a kind of venomous spider, Gr.
&?;, fr. &?; a spider. Cf. Phalanx.] (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to
Phalangoidea.
Pha*lan"gist (?), n. (Zoˆl.) 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.
{ Phal`an*gis"ter (?), Phal`an*gis"tine (?), } n. (Zoˆl.) Same as
Phalangist.
Phal"an*gite (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. phalangite.] A soldier belonging
to a phalanx. [Obs.]
||Phal`an*goi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs
||(see Phalangious) + Gr. &?; form.] (Zoˆl.) 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
||tracheÊ. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and
||Opilionea.
||Pha`lan`stÈre" (?), n. [F.] A phalanstery.
Phal`an*ste"ri*an (?), a. [F. phalanstÈrien, a. & n.] Of or pertaining
to phalansterianism.
Phal`an*ste"ri*an, n. One who favors the system of phalansteries
proposed by Fourier.
{ Pha*lan"ster*ism (?), Phal`an*ste"ri*an*ism (?), } n. A system of
phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.
Phal"an*ster*y (?), n.; pl. -ies (#). [F. phalanstËre, fr. Gr. &?; a
phalanx + &?; firm, solid.] 1. An association or community organized on
the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism.