'Phalaenid' definitions:

Definition of 'Phalaenid'

From: GCIDE

Phalaenid \Pha*l[ae]"nid\, n. [Gr. fa`laina, fa`llaina, a kind of moth.] (Zool.) Any moth of the family Phal[ae]nid[ae], of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid. [1913 Webster]