phalanx

noun
pha*lanx \ ˈfā-ˌlaŋ(k)s \ ˈfa- \
1553{ds||1||}
  • a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files; broadly : a body of troops in close array
  • one of the digital bones of the hand or foot of a vertebrate
  • a massed arrangement of persons, animals, or things
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