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pollex

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pollex.

  1. borrowed from pollex

Definitions

  1. The thumb

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

    • The Simiidae have a man-like appearance. They possess neither tails nor bestial cheek pouches. Their arms are longer than their legs, and they have opposable pollexes and a broad sternum.
    • We came to know the curious roadside species, Hitchhiking Man, Homo pollex of science, with all its many sub-species and forms: […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA