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phalangium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phalangoidea  \Phal`an*goi"de*a\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  from  Phalangium 
  the  daddy  longlegs  (see  {Phalangious})  +  Gr  ?  form.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  division  of  Arachnoidea,  including  the  daddy  longlegs  or 
  harvestman  ({Phalangium})  and  many  similar  kinds.  They  have 
  long,  slender,  many-jointed  legs;  usually  a  rounded, 
  segmented  abdomen;  and  chelate  jaws.  They  breathe  by 
  trache[ae].  Called  also  {Phalangides},  {Phalangidea}, 
  {Phalangiida},  and  {Opilionea}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Phalangium 
  n  :  type  genus  of  the  family  Phalangiidae  [syn:  {Phalangium},  {genus 
  Phalangium}] 




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