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Meanings of pollex in English

Portuguese
dedo
Catalan
polze
Spanish
pulgar

The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.

dedo
Usage of pollex in English
1
In the forefoot all the digits except the pollex, or first, were well developed.
A History of Science — Volume 3
2
This digit is called the 'pollex,' or thumb; and, like the others, it bears a flat nail upon the back of its terminal joint.
On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals
3
'I am Macer, the son of that Macer who was neighbor of the gladiator Pollex,-
Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third Century
Translations for pollex
Spanish
pulgar
Pollex through the time