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phalanx
noun(pha-lanx)
a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files; broadly : a body of troops in close array
phalanx
noun(pha-lanx)
one of the digital bones of the hand or foot of a vertebrate
phalanx
noun(pha-lanx)
a massed arrangement of persons, animals, or things

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