phalange
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An immense pneumatic foramen is situate in a groove on the under side of the upper end of the first phalange in Ornithocheirus, but is absent in specimens from the Kimeridge clay.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
The palms of their hands were almost without lines, the finger-nails flat, and their thumbs stumpy with the last phalange curiously short.
From In the Forbidden Land by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
The fourth has a long and rather slender metacarpal, and three phalanges diminishing in size, the terminal phalange being very small.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
Each group, or phalange, was composed of 400 families, or 1,800 persons, living on a large square of land, where they could be self-contained and self-sufficient, like the manors in the feudal days.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel P. Orth
Fore-feet with five toes; the first much more slender than the others, and with a smaller ungual phalange and nail; the second, though the longest, also slender.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 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
We have five fingers because we have descended from a Devonian fish that had five phalanges or bones in its fins.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
