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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