Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having no thumbs: as, the thumbed and thumbless spider-monkeys. See Ateles, Brachyteles, and cut under spider-monkey.
  • Having no hallux, or hind toe, as a bird.
  • Clumsy; awkward; unskilful.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Without a thumb.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Without thumbs.

Etymologies

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thumb +‎ -less

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