MINIMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minimus mean? 

• MINIMUS (noun)
  The noun MINIMUS has 1 sense:

1. the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe

  Familiarity information: MINIMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINIMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fifth digit; the little finger or little toe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("minimus" is a kind of...):

dactyl; digit (a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minimus"):

little finger; pinkie; pinky (the finger farthest from the thumb)

little toe (the fifth smallest outermost toe)