Phalangious

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

  Phalangious \Pha*lan"gi*ous\, a. [L. phalangium a kind of
     venomous spider, Gr. fala`ggion, fr. fa`lagx a spider. Cf.
     {Phalanx}.] (Zool.)
     Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.
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