prehension

Example Sentences

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But public ap prehension about the possible dangers of chemical insect killers is now shielding the hungry worms from DDT and other long-lasting poisons.

From Time Magazine Archive

But last week Philadelphia's Dr. William Likoff somberly warned the AHA that the "mild coronary" may have more cause for ap prehension than for gratitude.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trophi serve merely for the prehension of prey, and not for mastication.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Unless indeed254 we confine the term “primary” to the reproductive glands, it is scarcely possible to decide, as far as the organs of prehension are concerned, which ought to be called primary and which secondary.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles

In such cases an ox will use his tongue more in the prehension of food to make up for the incapacity of the lips.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry