phălăris: (phălēris), ĭdis, f., = φαλαρίς> or φαληρίς>.I The plant canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis, Linn.), Plin. 27, 12, 102, § 126.—II A water-hen, coot, Varr. R. R. 3, 11 fin.; Col. 8, 15; Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132.