phalanx

noun5

1. •
   A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.

   • Broad phalanx of cars across the bridge moving slowly through the streaming snow. — 1963
2. •
   (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.
3. •
   One of the bones of the finger or toe.
4. •
   (historical) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
5. •
   A bundle of stamens, in diadelphous and polyadelphous flowers.