Phalanx

n.	1.	(Gr. Antiq.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. - Pope.
	2.	Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union. At present they formed a united phalanx. - Macaulay. The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed, All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed. - Cowper.
	3.	A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
	4.	(Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
	5.	(Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

Noun	1.	phalanx - any of the bones (or phalanges) of the fingers or toes
	2.	phalanx - any closely ranked crowd of people
	3.	phalanx - a body of troops in close array

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