phalange

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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

Professor Huxley makes the second and third phalanges 7¾ inches long, and the first only about 3/8 inch shorter, while the fourth phalange is 6½ inches.

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 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.

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