phalangian, a. (n.)
(fəˈlændʒɪən)
[In sense 1, f. Gr. ϕάλαγξ, ϕαλαγγ- phalanx; in 2, f. mod.L. (phalanx 3) + -ian; in 3, f. phalangium + -an.]
1. Gr. Antiq. Belonging to a (military) phalanx: see phalanx 1.
| 1843 Fraser's Mag. XXVIII. 696 The long spear of the phalangian soldier. |
2. Anat. = phalangeal. rare—0.
| 1853 in Dunglison Med. Lex. |
3. Zool. Belonging to the arachnid genus Phalangium or order Phalangidea; as n. = phalangid.
| 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xv. 39 Some [crabs] imitating spiders, and others phalangians. |