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Definition of Order phalangida
1. Noun. Harvestmen.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Arachnida, Class Arachnida
Member holonyms: Family Phalangiidae, Phalangiidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Phalangida
Literary usage of Order phalangida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"order phalangida.—Abdomen segmented but undifferentiated and without appendages
or terminal spine ; pedipalps ..."
2. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"Order PHALANGIDA* Tbe Harvest-men The harvestmen are very common in most parts
of the United States. They are well-known to children in this country under ..."
3. Economic Zoology: An Introductory Text-book in Zoology, with Special by Herbert Osborn (1908)
"order phalangida. — The harvestmen, or "daddy-longlegs," are rather grotesque
creatures with oval or rounded bodies and extremely long, slender legs. ..."
4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1914)
"... us in the eastern part of the United States, "Daddy-long-legs" refers to "harvest
spiders" or "harvest- men," members of the Arachnid order Phalangida. ..."
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