pollex

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the alula or bastard wing.

Similar words

thumb palm forepaw digitule ankylopollexian claw forecoxa ungual procoxa forearm bone

Often followed by

and is or has with abductus are in

Word family

pollices