Pol"lex (?), n.; pl. Pollices (#). [L., 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.
© Webster 1913.
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