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- sesamoid bones in both their forelimbs and hindlimbs, referred to as the prepollex and prehallux, respectively. These sesamoids function as "sixth toes"...
- thumb (also known as a prepollex) next to the regular thumb. While the mole's other digits have multiple joints, the prepollex has a single, sickle-shaped...
- mucous gland) appears as a spiked epithelial swelling on the forearm and prepollex that aids with grip, which is used primarily by males to grasp (or clasp)...
- engage in male-male competition with their elongated prepollex to maintain their mating site. The prepollex, which serves as a rudimentary digit, contains a...
- pollinator, polliniferous pollex pollic- thumb pollex, pollical, pollicate, prepollex pondus ponder- weight imponderable, ponder, ponderable, ponderance, ponderation...
- sesamoid bone of musculus abductor pollicis longus (os radiale externum or prepollex) in primates". Acta Anat (Basel). 150 (3): 227–31. doi:10.1159/000147623...
- called spikethumb because of the spike on their thumbs, which is called a prepollex. The genus name comes from the Gr**** word plēktron ("spur") and hyla (the...
- but posteriorly mottled with black. Males have bifurcate, rudimentary prepollex (the "spikethumb"). Its natural habitats are pine-oak, cloud, and tropical...
- synapomorphies of the genus is the presence, in males only, of a large prepollex that runs along the first finger and generally is closely connected to...
- fingers have vestigial webbing whereas the toes are moderately webbed. The prepollex ("spikethumb") is simple and horny. Vocal slits are absent. The teeth...