phalange

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Fore-feet with five toes; the first much more slender than the others, and with a smaller ungual phalange and nail; the second, though the longest, also slender.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

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 Seeley, H. G.

II At Germani celeriter, ex consuetudine sua, phalange facta, impetus gladiorum exceperunt.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Lastly, Thyroptera includes two species distinguished by an additional phalange in the middle finger and by accessory clinging-organs attached to the extremities.

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

In the hind-foot the terminal joint or phalange is retracted on to the top, and not the side of the middle phalange.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various