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Pollex

pollex
(Science: anatomy) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb.
(Science: ornithology) In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.
Origin: L, the thumb.


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