phalange

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Every claw and phalange has left its mark in the stone; while the trifid termination of the tarso-metatarsal bone leaves three marks more,—fifteen in all,—the true ornithic number.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh

Each phalange inhabits a phalanst�re or common building, and has a certain portion of soil allotted to it for cultivation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

The incisors are separated from one another in front and from the canines; the first phalange of the middle finger is very short, the crown of the head elevated, and the tail long.

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

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 third phalange is the longest in the only specimen in which the finger bones are all preserved.

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