phalange
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The fourth has a long and rather slender metacarpal, and three phalanges diminishing in size, the terminal phalange being very small.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
The firm-jointed thumb is then the outward sign of a more resisting nature, and the longer the first or nail phalange is, the stronger and more powerful the Will force.
From Palmistry for All by Cheiro
The second phalange is concave at the upper articular end and convex in the longer direction at the lower end.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
There is only one first phalange which has a length of 7¾ inches.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
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
She uses it to tap fatefully on trees and listen for the tiny movements of tasty grubs within, which she then extracts using those same Nosferatu phalanges.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
On Sunday, Barker shared graphic photos of his blood-stained pants and sanguinary phalanges, which took a beating after Blink-182’s set in Manchester, England.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
I'd start with a small, manageable story: one hand has twenty-seven bones, split into three types—the carpals, the metacarpals, and the slippery phalanges.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022
The phalanges are the 14 bones of the toes.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Had we descended from a fish with four or six phalanges, we would have four or six fingers on each hand and would think them perfectly natural.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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