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prehallux
‖ prehallux, præ- Anat. and Zool. (priːˈhæləks) [mod.L., f. præ, pre- B. 3 + hallux. Named 1885 by Bardeleben of Jena.] A rudimentary structure, osseous or cartilaginous, found on the inner side of the tarsus of some Mammalia, Reptilia, and Batrachia, and supposed to represent an additional digit.18... Oxford English Dictionary
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prepollex
‖ preˈpollex, præ- Anat. and Zool. [mod.L. f. præ, pre- B. 3 + pollex.] A rudimentary structure, sometimes osseous, similar to the prehallux, found in certain animals on the radial border of the hand or fore-foot, and supposed to represent an additional digit.1889 [see prehallux]. 1891 Flower & Lyde... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sesamoid bone
Elephants have similarly enlarged sesamoid bones in both their forelimbs and hindlimbs, referred to as the prepollex and prehallux, respectively. The prehallux is further divided into two elements; the more proximal of these is fixed, whilst the more distal is mobile. wikipedia.org
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præhallux
præhallux see prehallux. Oxford English Dictionary
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Comparative foot morphology
In addition, a cartilage-like projection (prepollex in the forelimb and prehallux in the hind limb) appears to anchor the distal cushion to the bones of wikipedia.org
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calcar
▪ I. calcar1 (ˈkælkɑː(r)) [ad. It. calcara ‘a lime-kill’ (Florio), ‘a kind of oven or furnace to calcine vitreous matter in’ (Baretti); cf. L. calcāria lime-kiln, fem. sing. of calcārius, f. calx, -cis lime.] 1. In Glass-making: ‘A small furnace, in which the first calcination is made of sand and po... Oxford English Dictionary
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