phalange
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Society, on his scheme, is to be divided into departments or phalanges, each phalange numbering about 1600 persons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Great artists, great mechanicians, great writers—these belong to no phalange, but to humanity.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
According to this interpretation it is the first and only phalange in the first digit.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
There is some support for this interpretation; but I have not seen any English or German Pterodactyles with only one phalange in the first toe.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
The dwelling-place of a phalange will be called a phalanstère—an edifice commodious and elegant, wherein, while the convenient distribution of the interior will be first considered, the claims of architecture will not be forgotten.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
She uses it to tap fatefully on trees and listen for the tiny movements of tasty grubs within, which she then extracts using those same Nosferatu phalanges.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
On Sunday, Barker shared graphic photos of his blood-stained pants and sanguinary phalanges, which took a beating after Blink-182’s set in Manchester, England.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
I'd start with a small, manageable story: one hand has twenty-seven bones, split into three types—the carpals, the metacarpals, and the slippery phalanges.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022
Figure 29.15 This drawing shows the bones of the human foot and ankle, including the metatarsals and the phalanges.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Had we descended from a fish with four or six phalanges, we would have four or six fingers on each hand and would think them perfectly natural.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
