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THUMBPRINT

Dictionary entry overview: What does thumbprint mean?

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

1. fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)

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

Dictionary entry details

• THUMBPRINT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

fingerprint (biometric identification from a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used as evidence in criminal investigations)

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