[ 'falaŋks ]
■ noun
1》 ( plural ~es ) 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》 ( plural phalanges fə'lan(d)ʒi:z ) Anatomy a bone of the finger or toe.
Origin
C16: via L. from Gk.