The plural of index, when it means a number, can be indexes or indices. One is the English plural, the other is the Latin plural. When "index" means the alphabetical list at the back of a book, you can't use "indices"; you have to say "indexes."
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Yes, Professor Schlesinger. And there is no finger index, but there is a thumb index, and contrariwise, there is no index thumb, but there is an index finger.
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