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Definition of Opposable
1. Adjective. Capable of being placed opposite to something. "The thumb is opposable to the forefinger"
Definition of Opposable
1. a. Capable of being opposed or resisted.
Definition of Opposable
1. Adjective. Capable of being opposed or resisted. ¹
2. Adjective. Capable of being placed opposite something else. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Opposable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opposable
Literary usage of Opposable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1837)
"I. Observations on the opposable ... and, comparatively speaking, much longer
than in the ordinary Simiae, was not opposable to the other ..."
2. Arboreal Man by Frederic Wood Jones (1916)
"Certain arboreal Rodents have developed very perfectly opposable thumbs and big
toes upon lines exactly similar to the Primates, and this feature is seen ..."
3. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1901)
"The great toe is opposable to the other toes, the thumb imperfectly opposable to
the other fingers. Family (1) CERCOPITHECIDAE. ..."
4. Living Things by Katy Z. Allen, Kathleen McKeehen (2002)
"Explain that the human thumb is called an opposable thumb because it moves in
the opposite direction to the other fingers. 2. Ask students what they think ..."
5. A Zoological Pocket-book: Or, Synopsis of Animal Classification. Comprising by Emil Selenka (1890)
"Quadrupedal Mammals with prehensile extremities, opposable hallux, and long
non-prehensile tail. Hallux (and generally pollex) with a flat nail, ..."
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