Pha‐læ″nid (?), n. [Gr. φάλαινα, φάλλαινα, a kind of moth.] (Zoöl.) Any moth of the family Phalænidæ, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.