Sentence examples for it is opposable from inspiring English sources

The giant panda has a special bone formation of the forefoot that functions as a sixth digit; it is opposable to the other five and thus is useful in handling bamboo.

The thumb, by contrast, is opposable and flexible, and has been designed for manifold uses, he said.

It will be argued that the effect of this encounter should be understood to amount to the recognition of an individual right to flee (from ill-treatment / persecution / serious harm) that is opposable to both the country of origin and countries of destination in a legally-binding form.

The big toe is opposable and is smaller than the big toe of other lemurs, which are more arboreal.

The thumb is usually set at an angle distinct from the other digits; in humans and the great apes it rotates at the carpometacarpal joint, and it is therefore opposable to the other fingers and may be used in combination with them to pick up small objects.

The only requirements for use are opposable thumbs.

Not by being opposable — apes and many monkeys have opposable thumbs — but by being exceptionally long, strong and flexible.

The thumb also differs in having much freedom of movement and being opposable to tips of other digits.

The first digit of the feet and hands was set off from the rest and may have been opposable.

The feet are strong and clawed; the two inner digits of the front feet and the innermost digit of the hind feet are opposable for grasping.

The large forepaws have two opposable digits (the first and second, which are opposable to the other three) that allow them to grasp small branches.