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Topic Options #775 - 03/20/00 07:39 AM big toe sachin stranger Registered: 03/20/00 Posts: 6 Hello, I once knew the techical term for big toe, but now have forgotten, please could someone let me know. Thanks ever so much sach Top #776 - 03/20/00 10:48 AM Re: big toe cadaver stranger Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 23 Loc: Ohio USA hallux I probably should add that the thumb is pollex Top #777 - 04/03/00 11:44 PM Re: big toe tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass as an interesting aside (or not), Thomas Pynchon, in _Mason & Dixon_, writes as follows: "Mr. Warford peers over at his wife, who for the second time tonight desuperpollicates...." -- gives a thumbs down Top #778 - 04/04/00 12:41 AM Re: big toe Hallyx stranger Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8 Loc: Southern CA Oh, but I must weigh in on this thread. "Hallux" is, of course, the medical term for the lower proximal phallange. My handle is a creative misspelling. As a falconer, I chose it to imply the austringer's connotation: the large hind talon of a falcon or hawk--- the one that pierces the heart of her prey. Hallyx "I knew if I stayed around long enough, something like this would happen." --- Epitaph - George Bernard Shaw Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8430 Members 16 Forums 13689 Topics 209810 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members supermatthias, prabakaran, sce, Eva, sylviasuper 8430 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 21 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 85 jenny jenny 60 wofahulicodoc 57 endymion6 50 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 32 Faldage 15 Buffalo Shrdlu 14 zmjezhd 13 teepee 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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