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词汇 phalangium
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Definition of phalangium in English:

phalangium

noun fəˈlan(d)ʒɪəm
  • 1Any venomous spider. Now historical.

  • 2Zoology (In form Phalangium) a genus of arthropods, originally including harvestmen, false scorpions, and whip scorpions, later restricted to certain harvestmen (order Opiliones or Phalangida); (also phalangium) a harvestman of this genus.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Udall (1504–1556), schoolmaster and playwright. From classical Latin phalangium a kind of venomous spider, a plant reputed to cure the bites of poisonous spiders from ancient Greek ϕαλάγγιον a kind of venomous spider, in Hellenistic Greek also a plant reputed to cure the bites of poisonous spiders from ϕαλαγγ-, ϕάλανξ + -ιον, suffix forming nouns. With sense 1a compare Middle French phalangion, Spanish falangio, Italian falangio, and also slightly later phalange.

Definition of phalangium in US English:

phalangium

nounfəˈlan(d)ʒɪəm
  • 1Any venomous spider. Now historical.

  • 2Zoology (In form Phalangium) a genus of arthropods, originally including harvestmen, false scorpions, and whip scorpions, later restricted to certain harvestmen (order Opiliones or Phalangida); (also phalangium) a harvestman of this genus.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Udall (1504–1556), schoolmaster and playwright. From classical Latin phalangium a kind of venomous spider, a plant reputed to cure the bites of poisonous spiders from ancient Greek ϕαλάγγιον a kind of venomous spider, in Hellenistic Greek also a plant reputed to cure the bites of poisonous spiders from ϕαλαγγ-, ϕάλανξ + -ιον, suffix forming nouns. With sense 1a compare Middle French phalangion, Spanish falangio, Italian falangio, and also slightly later phalange.

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