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noun, feminine

falange

/faˈlanxe/

noun, feminine/faˈlanxe/plural: falanges

phalanx (one of the bones of the finger or toe); phalange; phalanx

Borrowed from Latin phalangem (“phalanx”), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca.