Synonyms for dextrous
dex·trous

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1. deft, dexterous, dextrousadjective

   skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

   "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"

   Synonyms:
   deft, dexterous

   Antonyms:
   maladroit

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1. Marissa Parrott:

   They were flipping them over, making a very distinctive, almost surgical precision cut down the chest. They would even remove the gallbladder outside the body, which contains toxic bile salts. They knew to remove that bit. She added that the rats understood which areas of the toad were poisonous, using their sharp teeth and dextrous hands to eatthe non-toxic parts while leaving the poisonous areas stripped. In the medium-sized toads, as well as eating the heart and liver, they would strip off the toxic skin from one or both legs and eat the non-toxic thigh muscle.