Opposable Definition

ə-pōzə-bəl
adjective
Possible to oppose or resist.
American Heritage
That can be opposed, or placed opposite something else.
Webster's New World
Capable of moving opposite to and touching one or more other digits of the same hand or foot in a way that allows grasping.
The thumb is an opposable digit.
American Heritage
Capable of being moved so as to touch the other digits.
Webster's New World
Resulting from or characterized by such a digit.
An opposable grip.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Opposable

  • oppose +"Ž -able

    From Wiktionary

Opposable Sentence Examples

  • You owe the Oracle a can opener that doesn't require an opposable thumb.

  • Hind-feet short and broad, with five welldeveloped toes; the first large, nailless and opposable; the second and third slender and united by a common integument as far as.

  • They differ in certain respects, as in the proportion of the limbs, in the bony development of the eyebrow ridges, and in the opposable great toe, which fits the foot to be a climbing and grasping organ.

  • The foot resembles that of the other lemurs in its large opposable great toe with a flat nail; but all the other toes have pointed compressed claws.

  • The Javan Pithechirus has the thumb opposable, while the Papuan Chiruromys has the tip of the tail naked above and prehensile.

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