phalange

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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.

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 Seeley, H. G.

It was Fourier's belief that one such phalange once established would so impress the world with its superiority that society would be glad to imitate it.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.

For this use of ex cf. ex sententia, ex voluntate. phalange = phalanx.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

The palms of their hands were almost without lines, the finger-nails flat, and their thumbs stumpy with the last phalange curiously short.

From In the Forbidden Land by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage