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Word: phalanx
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Noun:
- plural '''phalanxes''' a large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
- plural '''phalanxes''' An ancient Greek military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
- (''historical sociology'') A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
- plural '''phalanges''' One of the bones of the finger or toe.
- The brand name of a radar-controlled Gatling-type machine gun, the '''Phalanx CIWS''' (pronounced ''see-wiz''), deployed on U.S. Navy ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles.
Source: Wiktionary
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