Complete Definition of "pollex"

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English

Noun
pollex

  1. The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.

References
R:Webster 1913


Latin

Noun
pollex, Wiktionary Appendix:Latin third declension|-icis m

  1. thumb

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