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Interphalangeal
Interphalangeal In`ter*pha*lan"ge*al, a. (Anat.) Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations.
Phalangeal
Phalangeal Pha*lan"ge*al, Phalangal Pha*lan"gal, a. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.
Phalanger
Phalanger Pha*lan"ger, n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx.] (Zo["o]l.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistid[ae]. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.
Phalanges
Phalanges Pha*lan"ges, n., pl. of Phalanx.
Phalanges
Phalanx Pha"lanx, n.; pl. Phalanxes, L. Phalanges. [L., from Gr. ?.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. ``In cubic phalanx firm advanced.' --Milton. The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. --Pope. 2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union. At present they formed a united phalanx. --Macaulay. The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed, All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed. --Cowper. 3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. 4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. 5. [pl. Phalanges.] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
vulpine phalanger
Vulpine Vul"pine (?; 277), a. [L. vulpinus, from vulpes a fox.] Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful. Vulpine phalangist (Zo["o]l.), an Australian carnivorous marsupial (Phalangista, or Trichosurus, vulpina); -- called also vulpine phalanger, and vulpine opossum.

Meaning of Phalange from wikipedia

- big toes have two phalanges while the other digits have three phalanges. The phalanges are classed as long bones. Toe bones or phalanges of the foot. Note...
- employee if "the phalange" was fixed, he replies, "Yes, the phalange is fixed! As a matter of fact, we put a whole lot of extra phalanges onboard, just in...
- the 128 seats in the Lebanese Parliament. The Lebanese Phalanges Party is also known as Phalanges Libanaises in French and either Kataeb (الكتائب اللبنانية...
- Phalange Française (French for French Falange) was a Falangist political party in France founded and led by Charles Luca (pseudonym of Charles Gastaut)...
- only able to raise a single weak battalion for the Legion, called the Phalange Africaine (African phalanx). It consisted of 400-450 men, about 2/3 French...
- Since the great toe only has two phalanx bones (proximal and distal phalanges), it only has one interphalangeal joint, which is often abbreviated as...
- between the metatarsal bones of the foot and the proximal bones (proximal phalanges) of the toes. They are analogous to the knuckles of the hand, and are...
- hyperextensibility of the thumb, is the condition of having a thumb that has a distal phalange that bends backwards in an angle of 90°. This condition is benign (when...
- Lebanese commander of the Kataeb Party, better known in English as the Phalange, a right-wing Christian political party in Lebanon. He was Head of the...
- Quimper fusion ; the Jeanne d'Arc and the Phalange d'Arvor, which gives birth the Union Jeanne d'Arc Phalange Quimper. L’U**** was, at the beginning of...