(obsolete) A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.). / (anatomy) A phalanx. / (zoology) Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus. / (botany) A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments. / A phalanstery.

(medicine) Puncture and aspiration of

Any of a class of insecticides whose active ingredient is derived from a naturally-occurring soil-dwelling bacterium, Saccharopolyspora spinosa.

A small wooden doll that is covered with a cape and made to vanish as part of a magic trick. / (obsolete) A good spirit or angel, seen as influencing a person's decisions etc.