"phalange" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfælændʒ/ [UK], /fəˈlændʒ/ [UK] Forms: phalanges [plural]
Rhymes: -ændʒ Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French phalange. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|phalange}} Middle French phalange Head templates: {{en-noun}} phalange (plural phalanges)
  1. (obsolete) A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.). Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-phalange-en-noun-OVWrbLD2
  2. (anatomy) A phalanx ("one of the bones of the finger or toe"). Categories (topical): Anatomy, Skeleton
    Sense id: en-phalange-en-noun-HReZiCS7 Disambiguation of Skeleton: 12 46 19 21 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 42 23 31 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 39 26 29 1 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (zoology) Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-phalange-en-noun-3oRubb1n Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  4. (botany) A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-phalange-en-noun-6bcW26mL Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  5. A phalanstery.
    Sense id: en-phalange-en-noun-GrFajm6I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: distal phalange, intermediate phalange, middle phalange, phalangeal, proximal phalange

Inflected forms

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