Phalacrocoracidæ (falakrokoraside)

pl. [ NL., Carbonidæ and Graculidæ . See cut cormorant . phalangiform 2. In ornith., a genus of owls: synonymous with Glaucidium. Bonaparte, 1854. Phalænoptilus (fal-e-nop'ti-lus), n. [NL. (Ridgway, 1880), ρθρον, & joint, + -iti 2. A low open four-wheeled carriage, drawn by one or two horses: as, a pony - phaëton .-3. [ cap .] [NL.] In ornith ., same as Phaëthon . phaëtonic (fa-e-ton'ik), a . [ phaëton + -ic . ] Pertaining to or of the nature of a phaëton. Lamb . ( Encyc . Dict.) Phaëtonidæ (fa-e-ton'i-dē), n. pl . Same as Phaethontidæ . phagedena, phagedæna (faj-e-de'nä), n. [L. phagedæna , ML. phagedena , φαγεῖν , eat.) An obstinate spreading ulcer; an ulcer which eats and cor- rodes the neighboring parts. - Sloughing phage- phagedenous, phagedænous (faj-e-dē'nus), a . [ phagedena , phagedæna , + -ous.] Causing absorption of flesh, as in phagedena; of the na- ture of phagedena. Wiseman , Surgery, ii. 10. phagocytal (fag'ō-si-tal), a . [ phagocyte + -al . ] Of or pertaining to a phagocyte. phagocyte (fag'ō-sīt), n. [ κύτος , a hollow (cell): see cyte . ] A lymph-cor- puscle, or white blood-corpuscle, regarded as an organism capable of devouring what it it meets, n especially pathogenic microbes. phagocytic (fag-o-sit ́ik), [ phagocyte + -ic .] Of, pertaining to, or caused by phagocytes. by phagocyt phagocytical (fag-o-sit i-kal), a . [ phagocytic + -al .] Same as phagocytic . a. phagocytism (fag'ō-si-tizm), п. [