əks noun, plural hal·lu·ces 
[hal-yuh-seez] . Anatomy, Zoology.
[hal-yuh-seez] . Anatomy, Zoology. 1.
the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
2.
the comparable, usually backward-directed digit in birds.
Origin:
1825–35; < Late Latin (h)allux, for Latin hallus, by association with pollex thumb
1825–35; < Late Latin (h)allux, for Latin hallus, by association with pollex thumb
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| —n | |
| the first digit on the hind foot of a mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian; the big toe of man | |
| [C19: New Latin, from Late Latin allex big toe] | |
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Hallux
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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hallux hal·lux (hāl'əks)
n. pl. hal·lu·ces (hāl'yə-sēz', hāl'ə-)
The big toe.
A homologous or similar digit on the hind foot of certain mammals.
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