Phalangist
(Pha*lan"gist) n. (Zoöl.) 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.
Phalangister
(Phal`an*gis"ter Phal`an*gis"tine) n. (Zoöl.) Same as Phalangist.
Phalangite
(Phal"an*gite) n. [Gr. : cf. F. phalangite.] A soldier belonging to a phalanx. [Obs.]
Phalangoidea
(||Phal`an*goi"de*a) n. pl. [NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs (see Phalangious)
+ Gr. form.] (Zoöl.) 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 tracheæ. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.
Phalanstére
(||Pha`lan`stére") n. [F.] A phalanstery.
Phalansterian
(Phal`an*ste"ri*an) a. [F. phalanstérien, a. & n.] Of or pertaining to phalansterianism.
Phalansterian
(Phal`an*ste"ri*an), n. One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier.
Phalansterism
(Pha*lan"ster*ism Phal`an*ste"ri*an*ism) n. A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.
Phalanstery
(Phal"an*ster*y) n.; pl. -ies [F. phalanstère, fr. Gr. a phalanx + firm, solid.]
1. An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism.
2. The dwelling house of a Fourierite community.
Phalanx
(Pha"lanx) n.; pl. Phalanxes L. Phalanges [L., from Gr. .]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were
several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of
men. "In cubic phalanx firm advanced." Milton.
The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower.
Pope. 2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness
and solidity of a union.
At present they formed a united phalanx.
Macaulay.
The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed,
All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed.
Cowper. 3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
5. [pl. Phalanges.] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
Phalarope
(Phal"a*rope) n. [Gr. having a patch of white + a foot: cf. F. phalarope.] (Zoöl.) Any species
of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds having lobate toes. They are often seen far from
land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose.
Phallic
(Phal"lic) a. Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.
Phallicism
(Phal"li*cism) n. See Phallism.
Phallism
(Phal"lism) n. The worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolized by the phallus.
