pollex
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Origin of pollex
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1825–35
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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
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
Masculine: apex, peak; cōdex, tree-trunk; grex, flock; imbrex, tile; pollex, thumb; vertex, summit; calix, cup.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
All have dark brown nuptial tuberosities on the pollex.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.
In the forefoot all the digits except the pollex, or first, were well developed.
From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Williams, Henry Smith
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