pollex
the innermost digit of the forelimb; thumb.
Origin of pollex
1Words Nearby pollex
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How to use pollex in a sentence
Paltroon is from pollex, a thumb, and truncare, to cut off; for cowards use to cut their thumbs to avoid service.
Dissertation on the English Language | Noah Webster, Jr.In the anterior limb the radius and the pollex are pre-axial, the ulna and the fifth finger are postaxial.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe posterior limb is, as a rule, pentedactylate, but in nearly every case the pollex is vestigial or absent.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe hand consists of four complete digits, and a vestigial pollex reduced to a short metacarpal.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe first digit or pollex includes two phalanges, the distal one being very small and bearing a claw.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for pollex
/ (ˈpɒlɛks) /
the first digit of the forelimb of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, such as the thumb of man and other primates
Origin of pollex
1Derived forms of pollex
- pollical (ˈpɒlɪkəl), adjective
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