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

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

Having for its function the narrowing of the orifice it surrounds, it acts during suction and in the prehension of food.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

When the tongue is affected, it is swollen and painful, and prehension and mastication of the food may be impossible.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.