pollex

<anatomy> The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb.

<ornithology> In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.

Origin: L, the thumb.

(21 Jun 1999)


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