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
It also serves, as we have before seen, for prehension and suction, and as a tactile organ.
From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Charles Darwin
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 Charles Darwin
To gain this great advantage, the feet have been rendered flat; and the great toe has been peculiarly modified, though this has entailed the almost complete loss of its power of prehension.
From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
