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PhÊ*nog"a*mous (?), a. (Bot.) Having true flowers with with distinct floral organs; flowering.

PhÊ*nom"e*non (?), n. [L.] See Phenomenon.

PhÊ"o*spore (?), n. [Gr. &?; dusky + E. spore.] (Bot.) A brownish zoˆspore, characteristic of an order (PhÊosporeÊ) of dark green or olive-colored algÊ. -- PhÊ`o*spor"ic (#), a.

Pha"Î*thon (?), n. [L., PhaÎthon (in sense 1), fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, &?;, to shine. See Phantom.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Helios (Phúbus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po.

2. (Zoˆl.) A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.

Pha"Î*ton (?), n. [F. phaÈton a kind of carriage, fr. PhaÈthon PhaÎthon, the son of Helios. See PhaÎthon.] 1. A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses.

2. See PhaÎthon.

3. (Zoˆl.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, or MelitÊa, PhaÎton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore.

Phag`e*de"na (?), n. [L. phagedaena, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to eat.] (Med.) (a) A canine appetite; bulimia. [Obs.] (b) Spreading, obstinate ulceration.

{ Phag`e*den"ic (?), Phag`e*den"ic*AL (?), } a. [L. phagedaenicus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. phagÈdÈnique.] (Med.) Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine. -- n. A phagedenic medicine.

Phag`e*de"nous (?), a. (Med.) Phagedenic.

Phag"o*cyte (?), n. [Gr. &?; to eat + &?; a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.

||Pha*i`no*pep"la (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; shining + &?; robe.] ||(Zoˆl.) A small crested passerine bird (PhaÔnopepla nitens), native ||of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a ||uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black ||flycatcher.

Phak"o*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; a lentil, or lenticular body + -scope.] (Physiol.) An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.

||Pha*lÊ"na (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a kind od moth.] (Zoˆl.) A ||linnÊan genus which included the moths in general.

Pha*lÊ"nid (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, a kind od moth.] (Zoˆl.) Any moth of the family PhalÊnidÊ, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.

{ Pha*lan"ge*al (?), Pha*lan"gal (?), } a. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.

Pha*lan"ger (?), n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx.] (Zoˆl.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family PhalangistidÊ. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.

||Pha*lan"ges (?), n., pl. of Phalanx.

{ Pha*lan"gi*al (?), Pha*lan"gi*an (?), } a. (Anat.) Phalangeal.

Pha*lan"gid (?), n.; pl. Phalangides (&?;). (Zoˆl.) One of the Phalangoidea.

Pha*lan"gi*ous (?), a. [L. phalangium a kind of venomous spider, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a spider. Cf. Phalanx.] (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.

Pha*lan"gist (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.

{ Phal`an*gis"ter (?), Phal`an*gis"tine (?), } n. (Zoˆl.) Same as Phalangist.

Phal"an*gite (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. phalangite.] A soldier belonging to a phalanx. [Obs.]

||Phal`an*goi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs ||(see Phalangious) + Gr. &?; form.] (Zoˆl.) 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 ||tracheÊ. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and ||Opilionea.

||Pha`lan`stÈre" (?), n. [F.] A phalanstery.

Phal`an*ste"ri*an (?), a. [F. phalanstÈrien, a. & n.] Of or pertaining to phalansterianism.