phalanx
(historical) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
(historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
The ministry of George the First's time were prudently anxious to diminish the phalanx of opposition.
(anatomy) One of the bones of the finger or toe.
(botany) A bundle of stamens, in diadelphous and polyadelphous flowers.