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‖ phalangium|fəˈlændʒɪəm| Pl. -ia. [L., a. Gr. ϕαλάγγιον a kind of venomous spider, also a plant, spiderwort.] †1. Name for venomous spiders of various kinds.
1601Holland Pliny II. 360 These venomous spiders Phalangia, which the Greeks distinguish..by the name of Lupus. 1658Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1061 Grievous symptomes follow the bitings of Pismire Phalangium. 1671Phil. Trans. VI. 3002 Whether the Tarantula be not a Phalangium (that is, a six-eyed skipping Spider)? b. Zool. A genus of non-venomous arachnids having very long slender legs: see phalangid.
1848Johnston in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 292 This mite lives on the Phalangia..or long-legged spiders. †2. A former name for various liliaceous and iridaceous plants. Obs.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 208 June..Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting..Phalangium Allobrogicum. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece 380 Asphodels, Phalangiums, Smilax. |