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phalanx /falˈangks or fāˈlangks/ noun (pl phalˈanxes or phalanges /fal-anˈjēz/)- A solid formation of ancient Greek heavy-armed infantry
- A solid formation of soldiers
- A solid body of supporters or partisans
- A solid body of people generally
- A Fourierist community
- A bone of a digit
- The part of a finger or toe corresponding to it
- A joint of an insect's leg
- A bundle of stamens
ORIGIN: Gr phalanx, -angos a roller, phalanx, phalange, spider phalangal /fal-angˈgl/ adjective Phalangeal phalange /falˈanj/ noun (pl phalˈanges) - A phalanx (in biological senses)
- (also /fal-ãzh/) a socialistic community in Fourier's scheme, consisting of 1800 people living in a phalanstery
- (with cap) the Falange (qv)
- (with cap) the Christian right-wing group in Lebanon, modelled on the Spanish Falange
phalanˈgeal adjective phalangid /fal-anˈjid/ noun A long-legged arachnid, a harvester spider phalanˈgist noun - A Spanish falangist
- A member of the Lebanese Phalange
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