Usually means: Thumb that can touch fingertips.
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  1. opposable thumb: Dictionary.com
  2. Opposable thumb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. opposable thumb: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. opposable thumb: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (opposable thumb)

noun:  A thumb that can be positioned so that it faces the opposite direction from that of the other fingers, especially the smallest finger, of the same hand.

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