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pollex
2 English words descend from Latin
pollex
, most common first.
pollex
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.
pollicate
To gesture with the thumb.