phalange

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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.

Professor Huxley makes the second and third phalanges 7¾ inches long, and the first only about 3/8 inch shorter, while the fourth phalange is 6½ inches.

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

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

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.

The first phalange is quite different from the others.

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