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单词 pollical
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pollicaladj.

Brit. /ˈpɒlᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈpɑlək(ə)l/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pollic- , pollex , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin pollic-, pollex thumb (see pollex n.) + -al suffix1. Compare earlier pollicar adj. 1.
Anatomy and Zoology.
Of or relating to the pollex or thumb.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [adjective] > thumb
thumbeda1529
pollicar1656
pollical1868
1868 Communications Essex Inst. (1870) VI. 156 This unquestionably represents one of the deep..extensors—either extensor indici or of a pollical internode.
1942 Q. Rev. Biol. 17 233/2 The four other muscles had their customary primate insertions upon the pollical phalanx.
1979 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 51 320/1 If FLK NN–A is in fact a hand bone, its size indicates that it is a pollical distal phalanx.
1995 Science 28 Apr. 586/3 We tested this hypothesis by measuring pollical metacarpal head breadth and metacarpal length.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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