pollex

American  

[pol-eks] / ˈpɒl ɛks /

noun

• pollices
  plural

1. the innermost digit of the forelimb; thumb.

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pollex British  

/ ˈpɒlɛks /

noun

1. the first digit of the forelimb of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, such as the thumb of man and other primates

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• pollical
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• pollices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pollex

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1825–35

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pollex

Masculine: apex, peak; cōdex, tree-trunk; grex, flock; imbrex, tile; pollex, thumb; vertex, summit; calix, cup.

From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett

Eohippus—Lower Eocene of America; fore-feet have four toes and a rudimentary thumb or pollex.

From Creation and Its Records by Baden Henry Baden-Powell

The pollex and the third finger are as a rule reduced to one phalanx each, while the index still has two.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

There are no nuptial tuberosities on the pollex of breeding males.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman

A pollex is wanting, as in the cassowary, emeu and apteryx, while it is impossible to say whether remiges are represented or not.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various