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[Noun] | "pha*lan*ger" | \ fə-ˈlan-jər \
1: any of various small to medium-sized marsupial mammals (family Phalangeridae and related families) of Australia and New Guinea that are chiefly arboreal and nocturnal and that include the possums and cuscuses
Origin: 1770 ;
Borrowed from New Latin, genus name, borrowed from French, from phalange {see: |phalange|phalange} + -er {see: |-er:2|-er:2};
* Note : The French name was introduced by {buffon|Buffon:b} in Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi, tome treizième (Paris, 1765), p. 94. The coinage alludes to the partial syndactyly of two digits of the hind foot: "Je lui donne le nom de Phalanger, parce qu'il a dans quelques phalanges des doigts un caractère fort étrange et qui lui est particulier; le premier & le second doigt des pieds de derrière sont presqu'entièrement réunis ensemble sous la peau, ils ne sont séparé l'un de l'autre que par la dernière phalange." ("I am giving it the name Phalanger, because several phalanges of the digits are of a quite strange nature, which is peculiar to it; the first and second digits of the rear feet are almost entirely joined together under the skin, they are separated from each other only along the last phalange.") The female animal in Buffon's illustration has been identified as Phalanger orientalis (plate 10), the male as Spilocuscus maculatus (plate 11). (See J.E. Gray, "Observations on the Genus Cuscus, with the Description of a New Species," Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, part 26 [1858], pp. 100-05.) Buffon believed that the specimens he described and illustrated were sent to him from Surinam, which is hardly possible unless that colony was one stop on a long voyage. Buffon's French word was turned into a Latin genus name by Gottlieb Conrad Storr in Prodromus methodi mammalium (Tübingen, 1780), p. 33.;
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# 1 - { Phalange:14108605 }
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[ "Phalange" ]
1: A part of an aeroplane that doesn't exist, but is broken. If it is broken, you must evacuate the plane. The Air hostesses will most likely try to pretend everything is fine. Everything is not fine, you must leave the plane immediately.
* e.g., ... "There is a problem with the left Phalange"
# 2 - { Phalangeitis:6571632 }
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[ "Phalangeitis" ]
1: An infection caused during week 7 of pregnancy where the fetus is infected in the phalange area. This causes the 2nd and 3rd finger to be connected and the 4th and 5th finger the same way.
* e.g., ... Jack: Dude, that that chick has phalangeitis!
John: Totally, her fingers are totally messed up!
# 3 - { phalange:2904101 }
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[ "phalange" ]
1: Something according the Phoebe in 'Friends' claims that Rachel's plane is missing, to stop her flying.
* e.g., ... "You have to get off the plane, I have the feeling that something is wrong with the left phalangee"... "Oh my GOD... there's NO phalange!"
# 4 - { phalangitis:12816499 }
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[ "phalangitis" ]
1: The lingering life infection sustained from going down on a vitriolic cunt too early in the piece
* e.g., ... Jonny wished he had thrown a few mentos down the shoot before plunging his face and future into the vitriole. We dont see Jonny anymore, phalangitis has him by the balls
# 5 - { Phalange:6851519 }
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[ "Phalange" ]
1: Highly effective fictitious surname. See also: Regine Phalang' and Princess Conzuelo Banana Hammock.
* e.g., ... eg. Regina Phalange
# 6 - { phalange:14961457 }
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[ "phalange" ]
1: A phalange is something that is in or on the outside of a plane, the left one is more commonly wrong or broken, as phoebe buffay says. Anyway, the point is, if your friends calls you and tells you to get off of a plane because there is something wrong with the left OR right phalange, then Id suggest that you'd listen to them. It could save your relationship. This word can also be used as Dr. Phalange, or Regina Phalange. Regina Phalange is typically a business women in town on business. This word means NOTHING other than these examples! :)THIS IS A FRIENDS TV SHOW THING, IF YOU DONT GET IT, MOVE ALONG, PLEASE!
* e.g., ... Phoebe - "THERES SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LEFT PHALANGE!!!!!!!"
# 7 - { phalanges:3865296 }
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[ "phalanges" ]
1: They're technically your finger bones. Also mentioned in friends, as phoebe calls herself Regina Phalange and claims to rachel there is something wrong with her plane to paris's left phalange.
* e.g., ... "Do you have DSL?"
[ "phalanges" ]
2: Also, an awesome handshake in which you and another person put your hands out, wiggle them, and say "phalanges"! it's something much cooler than a high five, but given for the same reasons.
* e.g., ... "No you perve, i have FiOS"
# 8 - { phalanges:1116519 }
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[ "phalanges" ]
1: the anatomical description of the the frigers or toes. used by doctors and phobebe in friends as a character name.
* e.g., ... Patient has severed the right 2nd and 4th phalange and used his left 1st to pick his nose.
# 9 - { Phalange:15629716 }
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[ "Phalange" ]
1: A very important part of an airplane. A brain doctor, or a businesswoman (who was in Conference Room B)
* e.g., ... Phoebe Buffay: Hello, my name is Regina Phalange. I'm a businesswoman in town on business.
[ "Phalange" ]
2: REAL DEFINITION:- Phalanges are the bones at the tip of our fingers (probably why Phoebe knew it). It can also mean troops moving in a synchronized manner, like a single unit.
* e.g., ... Random person with glasses: Oh my god! This plane doesn't even have a phalange!
Sane Person: I think I broke a phalange!
# 10 - { Phalange:16207461 }
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[ "Phalange" ]
1: Phalange is the upper class synonym of bussin.
* e.g., ... tay- i didnt know yo mama could cook this good!
jj- yea her food is so phalange
[ "Phalange" ]
2: What you would say if something was really good.
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