pollexn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒlɛks/, U.S.

/ˈpɑˌlɛks/

Inflections: Plural pollices Brit.

/ˈpɒlᵻsiːz/, U.S.

/ˈpɑləˌsiz/.

Forms: 1700s–1800s pollux, 1700s– pollex.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pollex.

Etymology: < classical Latin pollex thumb, big toe < the same Indo-European base as Russian palec finger (compare bol′šoj palec thumb, palec nogi toe), Czech palec thumb, Bulgarian palec thumb.

1. Zoology and Anatomy. The first or innermost digit of the forefoot of a tetrapod vertebrate; (in humans and other primates) the thumb.Formerly also: †the corresponding digit of the hind limb, the big toe or hallux (obsolete rare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > thumb

thumba700

strongc1300

vice-hand1644

pollex1702

thumby1811

thumb-finger1855

1702 tr. Nat. Hist. Animals 42 (caption) A little Toe which is in the place of the Pollux [Fr. à la place du Pouce].

1797 R. Hooper Anatomist's Vade-mecum 34 The fingers and phalanges are connected together, and with the metacarpus; and the pollex with the carpus, by the lateral ligaments.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 571/2 The pollex in the great whale has two bones.

1872 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. (1873) iv. 174 When a digit is wanting it is generally the pollex, as in spider monkeys.

1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pollicate, possessing Pollices.

1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiv. 340 The palmar surface of the paw is hairy; the innermost digit or pollex is shorter than the others, not reaching the ground.

1971 ‘A. Burgess’ MF xv. 169 She clutched her bag between index and pollex.

1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 4/1 Bastard-wing, the group of feathers at a bird's wrist, supported by a small structure (the alula) analogous to the pollex or inner digit of the fore limb in mammals.

2. Zoology. The fixed part of a pincer or cheliped in decapod crustaceans.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > pincer-like claws > movable part of forceps

mordant1848

pollex1859

1859 Philos. Trans. 1858 (Royal Soc.) 148 900 The pollex and index do not meet so as to resemble pincers, but the sharp scythe-shaped pollex folds down upon the margin of the metatarsus.

1895 F. H. Herrick Amer. Lobster ix. 147 The pollux is depressed, so that when the claw is closed it falls almost exactly midway between the normal and first superadded digit.

1904 Biol. Bull. 6 75 The added structure [of an aberrant limb of a crayfish] is..a movable piece with two immobile prongs that otherwise resemble the index and pollex of a forceps.

1992 M. Stachowitsch Invertebr. 463/1 One may distinguish a movable finger (dactyl) bearing down on a fixed finger (thumb, pollex), which is an extension of expanded propodus (manus, palm).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pollex
释义	pollexn. Brit. /ˈpɒlɛks/, U.S. /ˈpɑˌlɛks/ Inflections: Plural pollices Brit. /ˈpɒlᵻsiːz/, U.S. /ˈpɑləˌsiz/. Forms: 1700s–1800s pollux, 1700s– pollex. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pollex. Etymology: < classical Latin pollex thumb, big toe < the same Indo-European base as Russian palec finger (compare bol′šoj palec thumb, palec nogi toe), Czech palec thumb, Bulgarian palec thumb. 1. Zoology and Anatomy. The first or innermost digit of the forefoot of a tetrapod vertebrate; (in humans and other primates) the thumb.Formerly also: †the corresponding digit of the hind limb, the big toe or hallux (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > thumb thumba700 strongc1300 vice-hand1644 pollex1702 thumby1811 thumb-finger1855 1702 tr. Nat. Hist. Animals 42 (caption) A little Toe which is in the place of the Pollux [Fr. à la place du Pouce]. 1797 R. Hooper Anatomist's Vade-mecum 34 The fingers and phalanges are connected together, and with the metacarpus; and the pollex with the carpus, by the lateral ligaments. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 571/2 The pollex in the great whale has two bones. 1872 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. (1873) iv. 174 When a digit is wanting it is generally the pollex, as in spider monkeys. 1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pollicate, possessing Pollices. 1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiv. 340 The palmar surface of the paw is hairy; the innermost digit or pollex is shorter than the others, not reaching the ground. 1971 ‘A. Burgess’ MF xv. 169 She clutched her bag between index and pollex. 1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 4/1 Bastard-wing, the group of feathers at a bird's wrist, supported by a small structure (the alula) analogous to the pollex or inner digit of the fore limb in mammals. 2. Zoology. The fixed part of a pincer or cheliped in decapod crustaceans. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > pincer-like claws > movable part of forceps mordant1848 pollex1859 1859 Philos. Trans. 1858 (Royal Soc.) 148 900 The pollex and index do not meet so as to resemble pincers, but the sharp scythe-shaped pollex folds down upon the margin of the metatarsus. 1895 F. H. Herrick Amer. Lobster ix. 147 The pollux is depressed, so that when the claw is closed it falls almost exactly midway between the normal and first superadded digit. 1904 Biol. Bull. 6 75 The added structure [of an aberrant limb of a crayfish] is..a movable piece with two immobile prongs that otherwise resemble the index and pollex of a forceps. 1992 M. Stachowitsch Invertebr. 463/1 One may distinguish a movable finger (dactyl) bearing down on a fixed finger (thumb, pollex), which is an extension of expanded propodus (manus, palm). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1702
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