Phalaenid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phalaenid \Pha*l[ae]"nid\, n. [Gr. fa`laina, fa`llaina, a kind
     of moth.] (Zool.)
     Any moth of the family {Phal[ae]nid[ae]}, of which the
     cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.
     [1913 Webster]