Assertion: monitor's jaw | /r/CapableOf | touch the ground
Facets:
value: thence to the quadrate bone
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: normally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Sound waves travel more rapidly and strongly in solids than in the air and are probably transmitted first to the inner ear of snakes through the lower jaw, which is normally touching the ground, thence to the quadrate bone, and finally to the stapes.