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Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.

, a public conference and deliberation; a debate. This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. Carlyle.

One who palavers; a flatterer.

Designating an acid called paralactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.

Of or pertaining to a penumbra; resembling a penumbra; partially illuminated.

A linnæan genus which included the moths in general.

Any moth of the family Phalænidæ, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.

Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.

Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidæ. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.

, pl. of Phalanx.

Phalangeal.

One of the Phalangoidea.

Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.

Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.

Same as Phalangist.

A soldier belonging to a phalanx. [Obs.]

A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheæ. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.

A phalanstery.

Of or pertaining to phalansterianism.

A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.