tactual

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He pointed out that, as above noted, in the lowest organisms sensation is a general thing diffused throughout the body, a kind of general tactual sense.

From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Leighton, Gerald R.

The elephant is the most sagacious of quadrupeds — its tactual range and skill, and the consequent multiplication of experiences, which it owes to its wonderfully adaptable trunk, being the basis of its sagacity.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

In the Primates the evolution of intellect and the evolution of tactual appendages go hand in hand.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

The slow change in the position of the tactual sensations evidently produces a rather strong influence on the equilibrium of nervous impulses, and here again vasomotor reflexes seem to arise easily.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo

The visual sense had here been rapidly replaced by the tactual and auditive senses.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst