Phaëthon
(Pha"ë*thon) n. [L., Phaëthon fr. Gr. fr. to shine. See Phantom.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Helios 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. (Zoöl.) A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.
Phaëton
(Pha"ë*ton) n. [F. phaéton a kind of carriage, fr. Phaéthon Phaëthon, the son of Helios. See Phaëthon.]
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 Phaëthon.
3. (Zoöl.) A handsome American butterfly 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.
Phagedena
(Phag`e*de"na) n. [L. phagedaena, Gr. fr. to eat.] (Med.) (a) A canine appetite; bulimia.
[Obs.] (b) Spreading, obstinate ulceration.
Phagedenic
(Phag`e*den"ic Phag`e*den"ic*AL) a. [L. phagedaenicus, Gr. : cf. F. phagédénique.] (Med.)
Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or
medicine. — n. A phagedenic medicine.
Phagedenous
(Phag`e*de"nous) a. (Med.) Phagedenic.
Phagocyte
(Phag"o*cyte) n. [Gr. to eat + a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) A leucocyte which plays a part
in retrogressive processes by taking up in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.
Phainopepla
(||Pha*i`no*pep"la) n. [NL., fr. Gr. shining + robe.] (Zoöl.) A small crested passerine bird
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.
Phakoscope
(Phak"o*scope) n. [Gr. a lentil, or lenticular body + -scope.] (Physiol.) An instrument for
studying the mechanism of accommodation.
Phalæna
(||Pha*læ"na) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a kind od moth.] (Zoöl.) A linnæan genus which included the moths in
general.
Phalænid
(Pha*læ"nid) n. [Gr. a kind od moth.] (Zoöl.) Any moth of the family Phalænidæ, of which the cankerworms
are examples; a geometrid.
Phalangeal
(Pha*lan"ge*al Pha*lan"gal) a. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.
Phalanger
(Pha*lan"ger) n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx.] (Zoöl.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista,
Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidæ. They are arboreal, and the species of
Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.
Phalanges
(||Pha*lan"ges) n., pl. of Phalanx.
Phalangial
(Pha*lan"gi*al Pha*lan"gi*an) a. (Anat.) Phalangeal.
Phalangid
(Pha*lan"gid) n.; pl. Phalangides (Zoöl.) One of the Phalangoidea.
Phalangious
(Pha*lan"gi*ous) a. [L. phalangium a kind of venomous spider, Gr. fr. a spider. Cf. Phalanx.]
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.
