prepollex

American  

[pri-pol-eks] / prɪˈpɒl ɛks /

noun

• prepollices
  plural

1. a rudimentary additional digit on the preaxial side of the thumb of certain amphibians and mammals.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• prepollices
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of prepollex

From New Latin, dating back to 1885–90; see origin at pre-, pollex

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

prepollex prepollices

There are no ventrolateral glands, glandular area on the chin, or enlarged prepollex.

From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by William E. Duellman

Plectrohyla having a bifid prepollex, bold mottling on flanks and ventral surfaces of shanks, and vertical dark bars on anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs, and lacking vocal slits and outer tarsal fold.

From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by William E. Duellman

A bony prepollex is present in both sexes.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman

In the former the voice was retained, and a projecting prepollex spine developed, whereas in the latter the voice was lost, and the prepollex spine did not project.

From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by William E. Duellman

Males in the Hyla maxima group have a protruding bony prepollex like that characteristically found in Plectrohyla.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman

The species in this group lack vocal slits and have either large, rectangular, or bifid prepollices.

From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by William E. Duellman

All of the species have a noticeable fold on the wrist and enlarged prepollices, bearing horny nuptial excrescences in breeding males.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman

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