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POLLEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: pollices   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

Synonyms:

pollex; thumb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pollex" is a kind of...):

finger (any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb))

Meronyms (parts of "pollex"):

musculus abductor pollicis (the abductor muscle of the thumb)

thumbnail (the nail of the thumb)

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