Prehensile
[prɪ'hensaɪl] or [prɪ'hɛnsl]
Definition
(adj.) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; 'a monkey's prehensile tail' .
(adj.) having a keen intellect; 'poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men'- A.T.Quiller-Couch .
Typist: Shelley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.
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Definition
adj. seizing: adapted for seizing or holding—also Prehen′sory.—adj. Prehen′sible that may be seized.—ns. Prehen′sion act of seizing or taking hold; Prehen′sor one who takes hold.
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Examples
- And his hands seemed closely prehensile. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The extremity of the tail in some American monkeys has been converted into a wonderfully perfect prehensile organ, and serves as a fifth hand. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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