4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the
metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
5. [pl. Phalanges.] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in
polyadelphous flowers.
Phal"a*rope (?), n. [Gr. &?; having a patch of white + &?;, &?;, a
foot: cf. F. phalarope.] (Zoˆl.) Any species of Phalaropus and allied
genera of small wading birds (GrallÊ), having lobate toes. They are
often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea
goose.
Phal"lic (?), a. [Gr. &?;.] Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to
phallism.
Phal"li*cism (?), n. See Phallism.
Phal"lism (?), n. The worship of the generative principle in nature,
symbolized by the phallus.
Phal"lus (?), n.; pl. Phalli (&?;). [L., a phallus (in sense 1), Gr.
&?;.] 1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in
procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.
2. (Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ
from which either may be derived.
3. (Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the
stinkhorn.
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Phane (?), n. See Fane. [Obs.] Joye.
Phan"er*ite (?), a. [Gr. &?; visible, from &?; to bring to light.]
Evident; visible.
Phanerite series (Geol.), the uppermost part of the earth's crust,
consisting of deposits produced by causes in obvious operation.
||Phan`er*o*car"pÊ (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; evident + &?; fruit
||(but taken to mean, ovary).] (Zoˆl.) Same as Acraspeda.
Phan`er*o*co*don"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; evident + &?; a bell.] (Zoˆl.)
Having an umbrella- shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open
cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.
Phan`er*o*crys"tal*line (?), a. [Gr. &?; visible + E. crystalline.]
(Geol.) Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to
cryptocrystalline.
||Phan`er*o*dac"ty*la (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; evident + &?;
||finger.] (Zoˆl.) Same as SaururÊ.
||Phan`er*o*ga"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; visible (fr. &?; to
||bring to light) + &?; marriage.] (Bot.) That one of the two primary
||divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic,
||or flowering, plants.
Phan`er*o*ga"mi*an (?), a. (Bot.) Phanerogamous.
{ Phan`er*o*gam"ic (?), Phan`er*og"a*mous (?), } a. Having visible
flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.
Phan`er*o*glos"sal (?), a. [Gr. &?; evident + &?; tongue.]
(Zoˆl.)Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and
insects.
Phan"ta*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; image + -scope.] An optical instrument
or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same
principle; -- called also phantasmascope.
Phan"tasm (?), n. [L. phantasma. See Phantom, and cf. Fantasm.] [Spelt
also fantasm.] 1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real
or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical
illusion; a phantom; a dream.
They be but phantasms or apparitions.
Sir W. Raleigh.
2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a
notion. Cudworth.
Figures or little features, of which the description had produced
in you no phantasm or expectation.
Jer. Taylor.
||Phan"tas"ma (?), n. [L.] A phantasm.
Phan*tas`ma*go"ri*a (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a phantasm + &?; an
assembly, fr. &?; to gather: cf. F. phantasmagorie.] 1. An optical
effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in
transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The
screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures
are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.