Prehensile
adjective
1.
adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something:
a prehensile tail.
2.
able to perceive quickly; having keen mental grasp.
3.
greedy; grasping; avaricious.
adjective
1.
adapted for grasping, esp by wrapping around a support: a prehensile tail
prehensile pre·hen·sile (prē-hěn’səl, -sīl’)
adj.
Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object.
pre’hen·sil’i·ty (-sĭl’ĭ-tē) n.
prehensile
(prē-hěn’səl)
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.
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