phalange

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The fourth is represented only by the metacarpal, and one nailless phalange, the first and fifth only by rudimentary metacarpals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

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 Landor, Arnold Henry Savage

Each phalange was designed to be an ideal democracy, electing its officers and governing itself.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.

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 Seeley, H. G.

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 Orth, Samuel P.