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Opposable   Listen
adjective
Opposable  adj.  
1.
Capable of being opposed or resisted.
2.
Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger.





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"Opposable" Quotes from Famous Books



... present finds its home mainly in Madagascar; though in earlier times apparently occurring all over the globe. The brain is more highly developed than in the average mammal, but far inferior to that of the apes. They have a fairly opposable thumb. ...
— The Whence and the Whither of Man • John Mason Tyler
... 13; man has 12 dorsal vertebrae; the chimpanzee and gorilla, 13; the gibbon, 14. The gorilla has massive spines on the cervical vertebrae above the scapula"; and, like the other quadrumana (4-handed animals) has an opposable thumb on the hind foot. There are wide differences in the shape of the skull, thorax, femur, and even the liver. The skeleton of the brutes is much more massive. On the tips of the fingers and thumbs of the human hand are lines arranged ...
— The Evolution Of Man Scientifically Disproved • William A. Williams


Words linked to "Opposable" :   unopposable, apposable


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