Vocabulary : Phalarope to Phane

Phalarope : Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose.
Phalli : of Phallus
Phallic : Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.
Phallicism : See Phallism.
Phallism : The worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolized by the phallus.

Phallus : The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways. ;; The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived. ;; A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.
Phanar : A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquest of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek officials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class.
Phanariot : Alt. of Phanariote
Phanariote : One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.
Phane : See Fane.

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