pollex

Questions about pollex

What does pollex mean?

pollex means "the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb".

How many syllables are in pollex?

pollex has 2 syllables and divides as pol-lex under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pollex?

Close synonyms include thumb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pollex a common word?

pollex is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.