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phalanx

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phalanx /ˈfalaŋks/

▶noun

1 (pl. phalanxes) a group of similar people or things.

2 a body of troops or police officers in close formation.
■ (in ancient Greece) a body of Macedonian infantry with shields touching and spears overlapping.

3 (pl. phalanges /fəˈlan(d)ʒiːz/) Anatomy a bone of the finger or toe.

– origin C16: via L. from Gk.

'phalanx' also found in these Oxford entries:

coffin bone - Falangist - phalange - phalangeal

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