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
II At Germani celeriter, ex consuetudine sua, phalange facta, impetus gladiorum exceperunt.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
The first wing phalange is much longer than the others, which successively and rapidly diminish in length, so that the third is half the length of the first.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
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 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
