phalange
a phalanx.
Origin of phalange
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How to use phalange in a sentence
Rocket has a “cybernetic skeletal structure, enhanced phalange and metacarpal bones, and a genetically augmented cerebral cortex.”
11 Things to Know About Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy | Marina Watts | February 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was that innocently ignoble time Phoebe Buffay pretended she was a physician named Dr. Regina phalange.
Scandal’s Lisa Kudrow on Sexism in Politics (and That Epic Rant) | Kevin Fallon | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is no evidence of a pulley joint between the metatarsal and the adjacent phalange.
Dragons of the Air | H. G. SeeleyThe second phalange is concave at the upper articular end and convex in the longer direction at the lower end.
Dragons of the Air | H. G. SeeleySociety, on his scheme, is to be divided into departments or phalanges, each phalange numbering about 1600 persons.
Each phalange inhabits a phalanstre or common building, and has a certain portion of soil allotted to it for cultivation.
Great artists, great mechanicians, great writers—these belong to no phalange, but to humanity.
British Dictionary definitions for phalange
/ (ˈfælændʒ) /
Origin of phalange
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