10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPOSABLE»
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apposable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
apposable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Back to the Garden: A Novel
Because it's apposable, that's why.” Mr. Abercrombie saved a special sneer for
the word apposable, allowing it to linger as if to underscore the importance of
what he had just said. “And besides,” continued Mr. Abercrombie, eyeing lines of
...
2
Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology 11/2006
Do all people have apposable thumbs? No. If you are born without an apposable
thumb, does that mean that you are not a human being? I don't think so. Do any
other organisms possess ap- posable thumbs. Yes. Does that make them human
...
3
Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird
All digits are freely mobile (which is not the case in the kookaburra where the
third and fourth digit are partly fused at the lower end, called a syndactyl foot),
and the digit facing backwards is freely apposable. This is a hallmark of perching
birds.
4
The Baboon in Biomedical Research
... thumbs are distinguished as apposable digits Fingers are longer and closer
together; vascular plexus at the periphery of hands obvious Hands are folded on
chest; touch pads appear on terminal phalanges of fingers Limbs lengthen further
; ...
John L. VandeBerg, Sarah Williams-Blangero, Suzette D. Tardif, 2009
5
Destiny of Change: How Relevant Is Man in the Age of ...
Many of these apposable values may depend on a combination of intense urban
development and a cosmopolitan environment ... Very possibly the most
important reconciliations between apposable values may be evolved in the
community.
6
Rocky Mountain Mammals: A Handbook of Mammals of Rocky ...
Stance bipedal; body mostly hairless; tail absent; snout reduced; eyes directed
forward; thumb apposable; digits with nails; cerebral cortex greatly enlarged;
metabolic energy augmented with fossil fuels; communication between non- ...
7
Ostracod Family Entocytheridae
Although the distal portion of the peniferum is bifid, we doubt that the two
projections are apposable as they are in Microsyssitria indica and as they may be
in Chelocythere kalganensis. Type-locality. — Small stream near native village of
...
8
Advances in Marine Biology
The propodus and dactyl bear three types of complex cuticular structures:
sensory setae, a ridge and row of pegs on each inner apposable surface of the
chela, and apposable pads of denticles at the tips of the chela (Fig. 2.8A).
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True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): ...
Foretarsus 1-segmented. freely articulating with tibia, with 2 claws; forefemur
moderately incrassate, about twice as long as wide, its apposable face flat and
bordered by two rows of short spines; labium arising near apex of head, stout, ...
Randall T. Schuh, James Alexander Slater, 1995
10
Studies in the history of civilization
Fortuitous mutations gave him apposable thumbs enabling him to hold and to
fashion weapons, wieldable beyond the periphery of the body. This skeletal
change was just as advantageous to man as was the development of the tail to ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPOSABLE»
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apposable is used in the context of the following news items.
Wrestling is Cool
I didn't care if they were cumbersome and that it made NO SENSE that they wouldn't just make them apposable at all joints, I made it work. «Cageside Seats, Apr 15»
Perfect Parrot Perching
The anisodactyl perching foot of passerines has all toes freely moveable and the well-developed back toe is fully apposable, which gives these ... «BirdChannel.com, Aug 12»
