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index finger

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index finger
n. In both senses also called first finger, forefinger.
1. The finger next to the thumb.
2. The part of a glove that covers this finger.

index finger
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the finger next to the thumb Also called forefinger
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Noun1.index fingerindex finger - the finger next to the thumb        
finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
Translations
index finger n(dito) indice m
index finger n(dito) indice m

index finger اصبع السبابة ukazováček pegefinger Zeigefinger δείκτης dedo índice etusormi index kažiprst indice 人差し指 집게손가락 wijsvinger pekefinger palec wskazujący dedo indicador указательный палец pekfinger นิ้วชี้ işaret parmağı ngón tay trỏ 食指


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I meekly fished it out of the index finger of my glove and poked it in the box.
A grim smile touched his lips as he withdrew the weapon from the rugs and placed it carefully in the right hand of the dead man, fixing three of the fingers around the grip and the index finger inside the trigger guard.
There was also a ring wound with gut which was worn between the first and second joints of the index finger of the right hand and which, when passed over the string of the instrument, elicited the single note required of the dancer.
 
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