Sentence examples for phalanges from inspiring English sources

All four toes of each foot of hippopotamuses touch the ground, and the terminal phalanges have nail-like hoofs.

Fourierism, philosophy of social reform developed by the French social theorist Charles Fourier that advocated the transformation of society into self-sufficient, independent "phalanges" (phalanxes).

Each foot bore three toes which ended in large, fissured phalanges bearing claws that may have been used for digging up roots and bulbs.

The phalanges of the big toe have special features.

Its phalanges and metatarsal bones are large and strong.

Many phalanges have been lost from the bird's wing; the remainder are often elongated for support in flight.

On a visit to Berlin to attend the 1936 Olympic Games, he was so impressed by the spirit and discipline of Nazi youth groups that on his return to Lebanon he helped found the right-wing authoritarian youth movement called the Phalange.

In September 1982 militia members of the Phalange (a right-wing Maronite Lebanese group then allied with Israel), acting under an Israeli military umbrella, committed massacres at the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Israeli-occupied Beirut.

In June 1978, members of the Phalange, a rival Christian militia, murdered Tony along with his wife and daughter, thus cementing the rift between the clans and precluding a quick end to the war.

Mr. Sharon, who knew Phalange forces had already entered the camps, cynically told him, "Nothing will happen.

On the evening of Sept. 16, the Israeli cabinet met and was informed that Phalange fighters were entering the Palestinian camps.