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  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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