PHALANXES
- A group of people or things of a similar type forming a compact body or brought together for a common purpose
- A body of troops or police officers, standing or moving in close formation
- (in ancient Greece) A body of Macedonian infantry with long spears, drawn up in close order with shields overlapping
- A bone of the finger or toe
- PHALANX, a formation of infantry in ancient Greece [n]