Meanings
adjectivepollical (comparative more pollical, superlative most pollical)
comparative more pollical · superlative most pollical
- anatomyof the thumb
Origin
- Latinpollicis
- Englishpollical
Borrowed from Latin pollicis, genitive form of pollex (“thumb”), with the suffix -al.
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Portuguese polegar
- polegarof the thumb
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APA
pollical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollical
MLA
“pollical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollical. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pollical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollical.
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