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Definition of Genus phalangium
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Phalangiidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Phalangiidae, Phalangiidae
Member holonyms: Daddy Longlegs, Harvestman, Phalangium Opilio
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phalangium
Literary usage of Genus phalangium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Zoology by Jan van der Hoeven (1856)
"... but this scarcely seems to be its place. Phalangium LATU. (species from genus
Phalangium L.). ... Phalangium (species from genus Phalangium auctor). ..."
2. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"... Genus PHALANGIUM (Pha-lan'gi-um) The last segment of the pedipalps is longer
than the penultimate, and the femur of the pedipalps is not furnished with ..."
3. A Hand-book, Or, Concise Dictionary of Terms Used in the Arts and Sciences by Walter Hamilton (1825)
"In Entomology, a genus of apterous insects, some resembling the spider genus.
PHALANGIUM APULUM. The large and poisonous species ol spider, usually named ..."
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