PHALANGE

PHALANX

phalanx

(noun) any of the bones of the fingers or toes

phalanx

(noun) a body of troops in close array

phalanx

(noun) any closely ranked crowd of people

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

phalange (plural phalanges)

(obsolete) A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.). [15th-17th c.]

(anatomy) A phalanx. [from 17th c.]

(zoology) Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.

(botany) A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.

Proper noun

Phalange

A right-wing Lebanese paramilitary movement based somewhat on the Spanish Falange

Synonyms

• Kataeb

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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