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  2. Digit (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Some languages have different names for hand and foot digits (English: respectively "finger" and "toe", German: "Finger" and "Zeh", French: "doigt" and "orteil").. In other languages, e.g. Arabic, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Tagalog, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Persian, there are no specific one-word names for fingers and toes; these are called "digit of the hand" or ...

  3. Index finger - Wikipedia

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    The index finger (also referred to as forefinger, [1] first finger, [2] second finger, [3] pointer finger, trigger finger, digitus secundus, digitus II, and many other terms) is the second digit of a human hand. It is located between the thumb and the middle finger. It is usually the most dextrous and

  4. Finger numbering - Wikipedia

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    The first finger is an ambiguous term in the English language due to two competing finger numbering systems that can be used. It might refer to either the thumb or the index finger, depending on the context. The second finger is another ambiguous term in English. It might refer to either the index finger or the middle finger, also dependent on ...

  5. Thumb - Wikipedia

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    The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. [A] When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb is pollex (compare hallux for big toe), and the corresponding adjective for thumb is pollical.

  6. Dactyly - Wikipedia

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    Human hand anatomy (pentadactyl) In biology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal. The term is derived from the Greek word δακτυλος (dáktylos) meaning "finger." Sometimes the suffix "-dactylia" is used. The derived adjectives end with "-dactyl" or "-dactylous."

  7. Finger - Wikipedia

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    The name pinkie derives from Dutch pinkje, of uncertain origin. In English only the digits on the hand are known as fingers. However, in some languages the translated version of fingers can mean either the digits on the hand or feet. In English a digit on a foot has the distinct name of toe.

  8. Little finger - Wikipedia

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    The word "pinkie" is derived from the Dutch word pink, meaning "little finger".. The earliest recorded use of the term "pinkie" is from Scotland in 1808. [1] The term (sometimes spelled "pinky") is common in Scottish English [2] and American English, [3] and is also used extensively in other Commonwealth countries such as New Zealand, Canada, and Australia.

  9. Polydactyly - Wikipedia

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    In For Better or For Worse, Leah Nichols was born with 6 fingers on each hand. [74] In Gattaca, Ryan Dorin plays a pianist with six fingers on each hand who throws his gloves to the audience at the concert's end. In Gravity Falls, Stanford 'Ford' Pines, known throughout season one as "The Author", has six fingers on each of his hands. He uses a ...