phalange

The definition of a phalange is a compact group of people, or a single bone in the finger.

(noun)

  1. An example of a phalange is a group of warriors standing very close together.
  2. An example of a phalange is one bone in your finger.

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See phalange in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

phalanx (sense )

Origin: Fr < Gr phalanges, pl. of phalanx

See phalange in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French, body of infantrymen

Origin: , from Latin

Origin: , from Greek phalanx, phalang-, log, battle array, bone between the finger and toe joints; see phalanx

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