Sentence examples for for grasping from inspiring English sources

Most experts agree they are used for grasping during mating.

Darwin accepted the facts of adaptation hands are for grasping, eyes for seeing, lungs for breathing.

Their front legs often are thickened distinctly and sometimes spined for grasping prey.

He deserves credit for grasping the industry's problems quickly and then trying to tackle them.

The undersurfaces of the toes are roughened for grasping slippery prey.

This denies younger readers the background for grasping a fuller understanding of the problem.

Both the beak and the antennae have four joints, and the front pair of legs is adapted for grasping prey.

The front legs, when specialized for grasping prey, have tibia and tarsus adapted to fold tightly against a thickened femur.

Among predatory species of daddy longlegs, the pedipalps (second pair of appendages on the body) may be modified for grasping.

The forelimbs were also long and slender, terminating in three-fingered hands with sharp claws adapted for grasping.

The front legs are adapted for grasping prey; the hind pair is flat and oarlike adapted for swimming.