prehensile

pre·hen·sile  (pr-hnsl, -sl)

adj.

1. Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object: a monkey's prehensile tail.

2. Having keen intellect; insightful.

3. Greedy; grasping.

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[French préhensile, from Latin prehnsus, past participle of prehendere, to grasp; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

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prehen·sili·ty (-sl-t) n.

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prehensile

Adjective

capable of curling round objects and grasping them: a prehensile tail [Latin prehendere to grasp]

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prehensile  (pr-hnsl)

Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object. The feet of many birds, the tails of monkeys, and the trunks of elephants are prehensile.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	prehensile - adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" nonprehensile - not prehensile
	2.	prehensile - having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch intelligent - having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"
	3.	prehensile - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" avaricious, grabby, grasping, greedy, covetous acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"

Translations

prehensile

adj prehensile [priˈhensail]

able to take hold of something Most monkeys have prehensile tails. grypbaar قادِر على القَبْض хватателен chápavý fang- zum Greifen geeignet; Greif-... που διαθέτει την ικανότητα να κρατήσει κτ. prensil haardevõimeline قادر به گرفتن و نگه داشتن tarttuma- préhensile נִילפָת परिग्राही rep za prihvaćanje kapaszkodó (ujj, farok stb.) bisa memegang grip- prensile つかむのに適した 잡기에 적합한 graibštus tvērēj-; tveršanas- boleh mencengkam grijp{#169} gripe-, fang- chwytny preênsil agăţător цепкий schopný uchopiť (sa) oprijemalen koji može držati stvari med gripförmåga ที่ยึดได้ yakalayabilen, kavrayabilen 能卷纏而抓住的，適於抓住的 хапальний; пристосований для хапання قابل گرفت عضو có thể cầm nắm 能卷缠而抓住的，适于抓住的