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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) 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 , andOpilionea .
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