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pollex |
2 definitions found 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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