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фала́нга — meaning in English

falanga

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English meaning

  • phalanx noun A tight military formation of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder with shields and spears, used in ancient Greece.

Senses

фала́нга is used for these senses in English:

  • camel spider Any fast-moving, predatory desert arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae having massive paired chelicerae and a long body covered with tactile hairs.
  • phalanx (historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
  • phalanx (plural phalanxes or (rare) phalanges) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
  • phalanx (skeleton, plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.

phalanx — full definition

  1. noun A tight military formation of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder with shields and spears, used in ancient Greece.
  2. noun A large, tightly packed group of people or things acting together.
  3. noun One of the small bones that make up a finger or toe.
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