phalange
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of phalange
First recorded in 1550–60; back formation from phalanges
Example Sentences
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Great artists, great mechanicians, great writers—these belong to no phalange, but to humanity.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
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
Fore-feet with five toes; the first much more slender than the others, and with a smaller ungual phalange and nail; the second, though the longest, also slender.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
The first phalange is quite different from the others.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
The first digit would then only carry one phalange, and would not terminate in a claw, but lie in the line of the tendon which supports the anterior wing membrane of a bird.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
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