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The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
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pollex
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Pollex is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.
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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.
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n. the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb [syn: thumb ] [also: pollices (pl)]
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n. The first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.