hallux
the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
the comparable, usually backward-directed digit in birds.
Origin of hallux
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hallux raised above level of other toes; toes with wide lateral lobes, united at base.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsExternal nostrils are produced into tubes; anterior toes fully webbed; hallux small or absent.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsIn the posterior limb the tibia and the hallux are pre-axial, the fibula and the fifth toe are postaxial.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsOn the pre-axial side of the hallux is the supplemental digit, the prehallux or calcar.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe first digit or hallux has two phalanges, the second three, the third four, and the fourth five.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for hallux
/ (ˈhæləks) /
the first digit on the hind foot of a mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian; the big toe of man
Origin of hallux
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