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phalangian, a. (n.)|fəˈlændʒɪən| [In sense 1, f. Gr. ϕάλαγξ, ϕαλαγγ- phalanx; in 2, f. mod.L. (phalanx 3) + -ian; in 3, f. phalangium + -an.] 1. Gr. Antiq. Belonging to a (military) phalanx: see phalanx 1.
1843Fraser's Mag. XXVIII. 696 The long spear of the phalangian soldier. 2. Anat. = phalangeal. rare—0.
1853in Dunglison Med. Lex. 3. Zool. Belonging to the arachnid genus Phalangium or order Phalangidea; as n. = phalangid.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xv. 39 Some [crabs] imitating spiders, and others phalangians. |