Pollices

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pollex
       n : the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb [syn: {thumb}]
       [also: {pollices} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pollices
       See {pollex}