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- noun anatomy The
finger next tolittle finger ;third finger ;ring-finger .
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From Middle English leche fingir, læchefinger, from Old English lǣċefinger ("fourth finger, leech-finger"), equivalent to leech (“physician”) + finger. Compare Old Norse lǽknisfingr ("leech-finger"), Icelandic læknisfingur.
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