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phalanx

pha.lanx \'fa--.lan(k)s, Brit usu 'fal-.an(k)s\ \f*-'lan-(.)je-z, fa--\ n 
   or pha.lanx.es or pha.lan.ges [L phalang-, phalanx, fr. Gk, battle line, 
   digital bone, lit., log] pl - more at BALK 1: a body of heavily armed 
   infantry formed in close deep ranks and files; (Xbroadly : a body of troops 
   in close array pl phalanges  2: one of the digital bones of the hand or 
   foot of a vertebrate  pl usu phalanxes  3a: a massed arrangement of 
   persons, animals, or things  3b: an organized body of persons