phalange

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  1. noun See phalanx.

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  1. French, from Old French, body of infantrymen, from Latin, from Greek phalanx, phalang-, log, battle array, bone between the finger and toe joints; see phalanx.

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  1. = F. Portuguese phalange = Spanish Italian falange, from Greek φάλαγξ (φαλαγγ-), bone of finger or toe: see phalanx.
 

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