phalanges
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A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.).
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A phalanx.
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Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
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A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
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(plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
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(historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
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(plural phalanxes) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
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(plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.
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