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

It accords with the principle of the division of physiological labour, which prevails throughout the animal kingdom, that 142as the hands became perfected for prehension, the feet should have become perfected for support and locomotion.

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

The mantis reminds one of a small, green monkey, the fore pair of legs being well developed and used in prehension.

From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by Davidson, George