phaeton 
4433 phalangiform 
Phalacrocoracidae(fal-a-kro-ko-ras'i-de), n. ill. 2. In nriiilh.. a gi-iMis of <.wl>: sj-nonymous 
[NL., </////<//<'//</./ (-'('<(;<-) '+-(//,-(.] Afam- with Gtoucfci. Rmoparte, 1864. 
ily of totipalmate natatorial birds belonging to Phalaenoptilus (fal -<;- no].' 1 1 - Ins), n. 
tl",,. onliT SfenONOpMfa*, typified by the g.'ims (Kiilgwav. I*-"), < c . n moth, + 
/'/(/(/(/. ;>; tin- cormorants. They have a >"r, soft feathers, down.] A gi-n 
straight bill about as long as the head, hooked ;it th. end; mitral picarian birds of tli family OaprMHU- 
H Ii nig narrow nasal groove with obliterated nostrils In the ,,,-,/^p or goatsuckers; tlic poor-wills: so called 
i^oucn-'^bnVr^^^ E2th/ H- ss of the .plumage, which re. 
s. inlili -s i lint of a moth. The type is NuttaU's 
poor-will, /'. Hiillnlli, (iinniou in westeni parts 
it' tlir lulled Stall's. 
A Variety of Pluieton. 
"If the ladies will trust to my dri 
Orville. "and are not afraid of a plutftt 
ready In a moment." 3fww Hunt 
2. A low open four-wheeled carriage, drawn 
by one or two horses: as, a pony-phaeton. 3. 
I <"/'.] [NL.] In iiniitli., same as Phaethon. 
pnaetonic (fa-e-ton'ik), a. [< phaeton + -ic.] 
Pertaining to or of the nature of a phae'ton. 
l./inili. (l-'.iicijc. Diet.) 
Phaetonidae (fa-e-ton'i-de), n. pi. Same as 
phagedena, phagedaena (faj-e-do'na), . [L. 
phaiifilifna, ML. phagedena, < Gr. <payefaiva, a 
cancerous sore, < (paytlv, eat.] An obstinate 
spreading ulcer; an ulcer which eats and cor- 
rodes the neighboring parts. Sloughing phage- 
dena. Same as hospital gangrene (which see, under pan- 
<irene). 
phagedenic, phagedaenic (faj-e-den'ik), a. and 
n. [= F. phageaeniquc = Sp. fagedenico = It. 
fiini'ilriiico, < L. phagedeenicus, < Gr. ^aytSaivint^, 
of the nature of a cancer, < toytdaiva, a cancer: 
fun shaped tail of from 12 U> 14 stiff feathers with n 
viated diverts. They arc IMMVV l..lied birds, with lona 
tdnuoiis neek, and the short stout legs set fur hack, 
siutiiig a nearly upright position. Tlit ) feed chiHIj "ti _," "i., /= i _/_ 
tishe, and dive as well as swim with celerity. There are phalangal (fa-lailg gal), . . 
Koine 2T. species, found in nearly all parts of the world, i/'/il. 
iistinlly referred t one genus. The family is also called phalangarthrltls (fa-lang-giir-ttin tis), . 
Carbnnulie and Gracvlidee. See cut under curtnorant, [NL., < (ir. ipitJiyl- (Qahay-y-), bone of finger or 
toe, + <V%w, a joint, + '-itix. \ Inflammation, 
nlneslnili "lie phalacrocoracine (fal*a-kro-kor'a-siu), o. [< 
Brellni, ixlv. Phal<tcr<><'<ir<ir(-corac-) -h -j'wc 1 .] Of or pertain- 
ing to the r/iiilarr/icoracidie. 
Phalacrocorax (fal-a-kro'ko-raks), n. [NL. 
(Brisson, 17GO), < L. phaUn-rocorajc, a coot or 
cormorant, < Gr. Qafautph;, bald (see phalacro- 
especially gouty inflammation, of the phalan- 
geal joints. 
phalange" (fa-lanj'), n. [= F. VK- ;j/m,</i(</r = Sp. 
1 1 . liil<ni</<; <; Gr. <t>afay( (6a1ayy-), bone of finger 
or toe: see phalanx.] 1. In anat. and zool., a 
cormorant, < Gr. 4<Muip6t, bald (see phalacro- or too . gee phalanxA i. In anat. and zool., a 
gin), + Kopaf, a crow.] The typical genus of phalanxof adigit. 2. In ,(., any oneof the 
riinlm-rocoraciate, usually regarded as conter- tjintaof an insect's tarsus: generally used col- 
minous with the family. P. earbo is the common | ec tively of all the joints, exclusive or not of 
cormorant of Europe, America, etc. P. yracvlut Is the 
shag of Europe. P. dilophus is the double-crested cormo- 
rant of North America, where are found numerous other 
species, as P. mexicanut, P. penicillatus, P. tricrutAt\i* t and 
f. violacev*. Also called Uydroeorax, Gracultu, arid for- 
merly Corfco. See cut under cormorant. 
Phaiaecean, Phalaecian (fal-e-se'an, -si'an), n. 
Phatecus (sestet.).] In anc. pros a logaa-dic ^ff^^'nd 
Tini/i Y^^uro t-i*\M v Kiit hnv_ . -4 
.jtivelyof 
the metatarsus: as, the anterior phalanges. { 
In bot., a bundle of stamens joined more or less 
by their filaments : as, the phalanges of stamens 
in a diadelphous or polyadelphous flower. [In 
all senses commonly in the plural phalanges, 
the usual singular being phalanx.'] 
phalangeal (fa-lan'je-al), a. [< phalange + 
nl.] In anat.'&nd zool, of or pertaining to a 
ihalanx or the phalanges. Also phalangal, pha- 
yerse, similar to a trochaic pentapody, but hav- 
ing a dactyl in the second place: named from j , , innln nqcan, >;./,//.- 
Phaltocus, a Greek epigrammatist. The first ^^ a phalanx.- Phalangeal procesa. . 
foot may be a trochee, a spondee, or an iambus, cells, a slender prolongation attached above to a phalanx 
see^^a.] L. Pertaining to phagedena ^^^^^^^^ &'fi^SS9S jS5 
term, used in somewhat more than a generic 
sense, at first for all moths (when the Linnean 
or to its treatment ; of the nature or character of 
phagedena : as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine. 
II. . In med., an application that causes 
the absorption or the death and sloughing 
fungous flesh. 
phagedenical, phagedaenical (faj-e-den 
a. [< phagedenic -r -al.] Sameas,pft 
Wiseman, Surgery, ii. 10. iui'PMnea,SLndP.alwiia divisions corresponding tothe 
phagedenOUS, phagedaanOUS (faj-e-de'nus), a. ma i,, modern groups. In 179S J'abrlcius restricted the 
f< phai/vilcnil, nliaqcdiena, + -Oia.] Causing term to the Phaltena geometra. of Linnaeus. The term has 
absorption of flesh, as in phagedena ; of the na- |P?f but has given derived names to several groups. 
ture of phagedena. Wiseman, Surgery, ii. 10. *. [(. c.] Any moth, 
phagocytal (fag'6-si-tal), a. [< phagocyte + phalaenian (fa-le m-an), a. and n. I a Of or 
-l* Of or pertaining to a phagocyte. pertaining to the Phalantdie; geometnd. 
phagOCJTte (fag'o-sit), n. [<Gr. Qayelv, eat, + Some of the Phalanian larva; have twelve legs, and some 
KiTof, a hollow (cell) : see cyte.] A lymph-cor- even fourteen. Science, IX. 318. 
puscle, or white blood-corpuscle, regarded as an jj_ . A. member of the Phalxnidx. 
organism capable of devouring what it meets, Phalaenidae (fa-len'i-de), . pi. [NL. (Leach, 
especially pathogenic microbes. 1819), < Phalsina + -idee.] A family of moths, 
phagocytic (fag-o-sit'ik), o. [< phagocyte + synonymous with Geometridx in a broad sense. 
-ic.] Of, pertaining to, or caused by phagocytes, phalaenoid (fa-le'noid), a. and n. _[< Gr. <t>A?Miva, 
phagocytical (fag-o-sit'i-kal), a. [< phagocytic a moth, + f!<5of, form.] I. a. 
"+ -o/.j Same as phagocytic. 
phagocytism (fag o-si-tizm), n. [< phagocyte 
-ism.] The nature or function of a phago- 
Resembling or 
related to a phalna; of or pertaining to the 
Phal&nidee. 
II. n. A member of the Phalsenidse. 
phagocytes. 
Phainopepla (fa'i-no-pep'lii), . [NL. (Sclater, 
1858), < Gr. <j>aeiv6c, shining + ireirfof, a robe.] 
A genus of American oscme passerine birds, 
referred to the family Ampelidw and subfamily 
Ptiloi/oiiiitinif. They have the head crested, the plu- 
mage of the male shining-black with a large white disk on 
each wing, that of the female dull-brownish. There is 
but one species, P. nitens, the shining flysnapper or black 
ptilogonys of the westeni parts of the United States, 
7} inches long, and 114 in extent of wings. It is common 
from Colorado, Utah, and Nevada southward, nests in 
trees, lays two or three greenish eggs with profuse dark- 
brown or blackish speckles, and is migratory, Insectivo- 
rous, and melodious. Also written, erroneously, Phxno- 
pepla. See cut under flysnapper. 
Phajus (fa'jus), n. [NL. (Loureiro, 1790), < Gr. 
^nxTf, dusky.] An ornamental genus of orchids 
of the tribe Epidcndreee and subtribe Bletiete, 
distinguished by the free sepals and the gib- 
bous or spurred base of the lip with its lobes 
broad and involute about the base of the col- 
umn. The 15 species are mainly from tropical Asia, also 
Africa, Australia, and Japan. They are tall terrestrial 
herbs, or less often epiphytes, with large and broad or 
elongated plicate leaves, narrowed or stalked at the base. 
The large and showy flowers form a yellow, brownish. 
green, violet, or white erect raceme. Many have been limp 
cultivated, as P. tetra<jonum from Mauritius, often under 
the name Prsomfria, from its throwing off its sepals soon 
after expanding, and P. grand ffoiiim (Ittftia TankervQUjf), 
from China, the nun-flower, of common cultivation under 
glass, so styled from the two white wings at the enlarged 
summit of the column. 
phakitis (fa-ki'tis), n. Same as phacitis. 
phakoscope, . See i>ii<icoscope. 
genus of beautiful orchids of the tribe Vandete 
and the subtribe Sarcanthex, characterized by 
loosely racemed 
flowers, their lat- 
eral sepals united 
to the base of the 
thick and round- 
ish column, and 
the lip destitute 
of a spur. There 
are about 15 species, 
natives of the Malay- 
an archipelago and 
eastern India. They 
are epiphytes, with 
short leafy stems 
without pseudobulba. 
They bear two- ranked 
leathery or fleshy ob- 
long leaves, with per- 
sistent bases which 
sheath the stem. The 
large flat flowers are 
white, pink, partly 
yellow, and crimson, 
or of other colors, 
and are remarkable 
among orchids for 
their broadly expand- 
ed lateral petals, and 
for a lip often pro- 
phalangist: so named by Buff on (in the case of 
a species of Cuscus) from the peculiar structure 
of the second and third digits of the hind feet, 
which are webbed together. Phalangers are opos- 
sum-like quadrupeds with a long prehensile tail, of arbo- 
real habits, frugivorous and insectivorous, represented in 
abundance in the whole Australian region by numerous 
species and several genera. They have a thick woolly coat, 
and average about the size of a cat, though some are much 
smaller. The phalangers proper have no parachute ; others, 
known as pelaurists, or flying-phalangera, are provided 
with a flying-membrane. Some of the best-known species 
belong to the genns Cvxeut, as the ursine phalanger, C. 
vrsinta. Valentyn's phalanger is C. anentalit, known also 
by its native names Icapouna and coescoee. The vulpine pha- 
langer Is Triehomrus vulpima, having the tail almost en- 
tirely hairy, and combining to some extent the aspects of 
a squirrel and a fox. Cook's phalanger and some related 
forms belong to the genus Pteudochirug. Some very small 
ones, resembling dormice, constitute the genus Dromida. 
See cuts under Dromicia, Ctuciu, Petaurinta, and Acrobates. 
2. [cap.] [NL.] A genus of phalangers founded 
by Storr in 1780. The name is prior in date to 
Phalangixta, but until lately has been less used. 
Phalan'geridas (fal-an-jer'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Phalanger + -idx.] A family of marsupials, 
typified by the genus Phalanger: same as Pha- 
langistidse. 
phalanges, n. The plural of phalanx (as well 
as ot phalange). 
phalangial (fa-lan'ji-al), a. [<.phalange + -ial.] 
Same as phalangeal. 
phalangian (fa-lan'ji-an), a. and n. I. a. 1. 
Same &sphalangeal.S. Same zsphalangidean. 
II. n. Oneof the Phalangiida or harvestmen. 
phalangic (fa-lan'jik), a. [< phalange + -'<:.] 
Phalangeal. 
Phalangidea (fal-an-jid'e-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
Phalangium + -idea.] An order of tracheate 
Arachnida. The segmented abdomen is not distinctly 
separate from the ccphalothorax ; the falces or cheliceres 
are two- or three-jointed ; the pedipalps are five- jointed 
and filiform ; the eyes are two (to eight '.' ) in number ; and 
the eight legs are generally very long and slender, some* 
times excessively so, the whole body appearing of insignif- 
icant size in comparison with them. They are most nearly 
related to the mites or acarids, though more nearly re- 
sembling spiders in some respects. They have no spin- 
nerets or poison-glands, and are perfectly harmless. Many 
known 
of the longest-legged forms are 
wn as hanrttert, har- 
ratmen, harvrtt-ipitlers, and thepherd-lpidert. and in the 
United States as daddy-lonn-teyt. The order is also called 
Sr*iiieri*a. 
Ojtilionet. There are several families, including Phalan- 
gudjc, QonyUptidx, Trogulidx. and Sironidst. Also Pha- 
latvjida, Phatanffita. See cute under Phalanyium and 
longed at the tip Into Phryxii. 
a pair of twisted tendrils or of recurved horns. P. a ma- phalangidean (fal-an-jid'e-an), a. Of or per- 
M/u. a white and yellow species from Manila, is the taining to the Phalangidta " 
**fa il23ftS^<< l ^iSteto^ > ^a*IS2i phalangiform (fa-lau'ji-form), a. [< L. phalans 
is one of the rarest and most beautiful orchids known. ( phalang-), phalanx, + forma, form.] Having 
