phalange

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The first phalange is quite different from the others.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

There is no evidence of a pulley joint between the metatarsal and the adjacent phalange.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

The first wing phalange is much longer than the others, which successively and rapidly diminish in length, so that the third is half the length of the first.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

The premaxillae are either small and separated in front, or rudimentary; and the first phalange of the middle finger when in repose is laid back on the metacarpus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

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