phalanges

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She uses it to tap fatefully on trees and listen for the tiny movements of tasty grubs within, which she then extracts using those same Nosferatu phalanges.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

On Sunday, Barker shared graphic photos of his blood-stained pants and sanguinary phalanges, which took a beating after Blink-182’s set in Manchester, England.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

I'd start with a small, manageable story: one hand has twenty-seven bones, split into three types—the carpals, the metacarpals, and the slippery phalanges.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022

The big toe has two phalanx bones, the proximal and distal phalanges.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Had we descended from a fish with four or six phalanges, we would have four or six fingers on each hand and would think them perfectly natural.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan