Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pollex"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pollex \Pol"lex\, n.; pl. {Pollices}. [the thumb.] (Anat.)
The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding
to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the
pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pollex
n : the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb [syn: {thumb}]
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