Dated form of spinel.

(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.

plural of vampire bug

A bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee, but smaller.