phalaena

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phalaena - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phalaena \Pha*l[ae]"na\ (f[.a]*l[=e]"n[.a]), prop. n. [NL., fr.
     Gr. fa`laina, fa`llaina, a kind of moth.] (Zool.)
     A linn[ae]an genus which included the moths in general.
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