phalange

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Lastly, Thyroptera includes two species distinguished by an additional phalange in the middle finger and by accessory clinging-organs attached to the extremities.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

II At Germani celeriter, ex consuetudine sua, phalange facta, impetus gladiorum exceperunt.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

The first phalange is quite different from the others.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

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

There is only one first phalange which has a length of 7¾ inches.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.