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PHALANGIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phalangium mean?
• PHALANGIUM (noun)
The noun PHALANGIUM has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Phalangiidae
Familiarity information: PHALANGIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Phalangiidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Phalangium; Phalangium
Hypernyms ("Phalangium" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Phalangium"):
daddy longlegs; harvestman; Phalangium opilio (spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs)
Holonyms ("Phalangium" is a member of...):
family Phalangiidae; Phalangiidae (a family of Phalangida)
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