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Sea. The systematic name of the 

 pheasants. 



PHENO'JTENA. Lat. plur. of pheno- 

 menon. 



PHENO'MENOIT. fr. gr. phainomai, I 

 appear. Appearance; visible qua- 

 lity. 



PHILE'XOR. Gr. Husband-loving. 

 Specific name of a butterfly. 



PHILOSOPHY. fr. gr. phileo, I love; 

 sophia, wisdom or knowledge. A 

 clear and distinct knowledge of 

 things. The pursuit of truth. 



PHLEGRJB'AN. fr. gr. phlego, to burn. 

 Campi Phlegrcei, or burnt fields 

 around Naples. 



PHLCECM. fr. gr. phloios, bark. Pe- 

 ridermis. One of the layers of the 

 bark. 



PHO'CA. Lat. A seal. A genus of 

 aquatic mammals, embracing the 

 common seal or Phoca vitulina ; 

 the Harp seal or P. oceanica y the 

 Hare-tailed seal or P.lagura; the 

 sea-lion ; sea-wolf; sea-elephant ; 

 sea-cow, &c., &c. 



PHO'C^E. Lat. plur. of phoca. 



PH(ECE'NA. The systematic name 

 of porpoises. 



PHCBNICOP'TERUS. fr. gr. phoinix, 

 red ; pteron, wing. Red-winged. 

 The generic name of the Fla- 

 mingo. 



PHO'LADES. Lat. plur. of pholas. 



PHO'LAS. fr. gr. pholeos, a den, a 

 lurking-place. A genus of mol- 

 lusks. (p. 87, Book v). 



PHO'LODOMY'A. A genus of mol- 

 lusks. 



PHO'NOLITE. fr. gr. phoneo, I re- 

 sound; lithos, a stone. Clinkstone; 

 a species of compact basalt, which 

 is sonorous when struck, (p. 171, 

 Book viii). 



PHORA'ITTHIUM. fr. gr. phero, to 

 bear ; anthos, a flower. Clinan- 

 thium. Thalamus. The receptacle 

 of composite plants. 



PHOSPHORES'CENCE. fr. gr. phos, 

 light; pherd, I carry. The emis- 

 sion of light by substances at 

 common temperatures; 



PHOSPHO'RIC ) fr. gr.phos, light ; 



PHOSPHORE'SCEWT. phero, to bear. 

 Emitting light in the dark, at com- 

 mon temperatures, without sensi- 

 ble heat. 



PHRENO'LOGY. fr.gr. phren, the mind ; 

 logos, an account. That branch 

 of knowledge which treats of the 

 mental faculties, as being respec- 

 tively located in special parts of 

 the brain. 



PHHYGA'NEA. A genus of four- 

 winged insects, the larva of 

 which, called caddis-worms, are 

 used as a bait by anglers. 



PHTHI'SIS. fr. gr. phthio, I fade. 

 Consumption. 



PHYLLI'DIA. fr. gr. phullon, a leaf. 

 Name of a tribe of mollusks. (p. 

 62, Book v). 



PHYLLO'MIUM. fr. gr. phullon, a leaf. 

 An expanded and leafy petiole 

 supporting an abortive lamina, 

 as in some plants of the acacia 

 tribe. 



PHYLLO'PODOTTS. Leaf-footed. 



PHYLLOS'TOMA. fr. gr. phullon, a 

 leaf; stoma, a mouth. The name 

 of a kind of bat. 



PHY'SA. fr. gr. phusa, a bubble. A 

 genus of fresh-water snails, (p. 

 42, Book v). 



PHYSA'LIA. ) fr. gr. phuse, a vesicle. 



PHYSA'LIS. A genus of animals 

 of the family of acalepha. The 

 Portuguese man-of-war belongs to 

 this genus. A genus of plants of 

 the family of solanucese. Physali$ 

 edulis, the Cape gooseberry. 



PHYSCOSTE'MON. fr. gr. phusao, to 

 swell; stemdn, a stamen. The 

 disk. A fleshy body found in cer- 

 tain plants between the base of 

 the stamens and the base of the 

 ovary. 



PHYSETER. fr. gr. phusaft, I blow. 

 A blower. Name of a genus of 

 mammals of the family of cetucea. 



PHYSIO'LOGIST. One skilled in phy- 

 siology. 



PHYSIO'LOGY. fr. gr. phusis, nature ; 

 logos, a discourse. The science 



