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Webster 1913 Edition

Pollex

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Pol′lex

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Noun.
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pl.
Pollices
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[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.

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