prehension
Example Sentences
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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
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
The radius is found to be longer in proportion to the humerus, as the number of digits is smaller, and the hand loses more and more the functions of an organ of prehension.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
In the first section, the animals are furnished with a disk or umbrella of varying shape, which serves as a float, beneath which hang certain processes connected with the functions of prehension and digestion.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 by William Chambers
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 Charles Darwin
