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Word: forefeet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...according to Dr. McCrady, the young opossums do exactly that: after the mother has moistened the hair on her abdomen, they slowly pull themselves by the claws on their forefeet up the incline into the soft, warm, apron-pocket pouch. The mother sits quietly on her haunches, takes no part in the affair. It is likely that many of the young, with little but instinct to guide them, miss the mother's pouch entirely. The number found there is al most always less than the number of embryos in the uterus shortly before birth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANIMALS: Half-Baked Babies | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

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