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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 1.6 [wn]:
pollex
n : the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb [syn: {thumb}]
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