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pre·hen·sile

(prē-hĕn′səl, -sīl′)

adj.

1. Able to seize, grasp, or hold, especially by wrapping around an object: a monkey's prehensile tail.

2. Having a keen intellect or powerful memory: a prehensile mind.

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

pre′hen·sil′i·ty (-sĭl′ĭ-tē) n.

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prehensile

(prɪˈhɛnsaɪl)

adj

(Zoology) adapted for grasping, esp by wrapping around a support: a prehensile tail. Also: prehensive or prehensory

[C18: from French préhensile, from Latin prehendere to grasp]

prehensility n

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pre•hen•sile

(prɪˈhɛn sɪl, -saɪl)

adj.

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.

[< French (coined by Buffon) < Latin prehend(ere) to seize (see prehension) + -tilis -tile]

pre•hen•sil•i•ty (ˌpri hɛnˈsɪl ɪ ti) n.

pre·hen·sile

(prē-hĕn′səl)

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

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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

قادِر على القَبْض

chápavý

fang-

préhensile

kapaszkodó

grip-

prensile

graibštus

tvērēj-tveršanas-

fang-gripe-

chwytny

schopný uchopiť

kavrayabilenyakalayabilen

能卷缠而抓住的适于抓住的

prehensile

[prɪˈhensaɪl] ADJ → prensil

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

prehensile

adj → Greif-; prehensile tail → Greifschwanz m

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prehensile

[prɪˈhɛnsaɪl] adj (Zool) → prensile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

prehensile

(priˈhensail) adjective

able to take hold of something. Most monkeys have prehensile tails.

pre·hen·sile

a. prensil, adaptado para agarrar o asir.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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Had this tail any prehensile power, I should straightway bethink me of Darmonodes' elephant that so frequented the flower-market, and with low salutations presented nosegays to damsels, and then caressed their zones.

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And the cats on the route saw reason to give thanks that prehensile claws had been given them.

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This was because it was a prehensile foot, more like a hand than a foot.

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Already I was accustomed to the thought that she still lived, and to the big heart she had set beating in my feeble frame; already the continued existence of these villains, with the first dim inkling of their villainy, was ceasing to be a novelty in a brain now quickened and prehensile beyond belief.

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Like one class of forest animals, they have nothing but a prehensile tail; climb they must, or crawl.

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This is the case with the male Ibla, and in a truly extraordinary manner with the Proteolepas: for the carapace in all other cirripedes consists of the three highly-important anterior segments of the head enormously developed, and furnished with great nerves and muscles; but in the parasitic and protected Proteolepas, the whole anterior part of the head is reduced to the merest rudiment attached to the bases of the prehensile antennae.

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Poyser's attention was here diverted by the appearance of Molly, carrying a large jug, two small mugs, and four drinking- cans, all full of ale or small beer--an interesting example of the prehensile power possessed by the human hand.

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These animals have prehensile tails, the extremity of which, even after death, can support the whole weight of the body.

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Washington, August 25 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of predatory crustaceans in the Canary Islands, which have a head equipped with long antennae for eyes, powerful prehensile limbs and poisonous fangs.

Scientists discover new species of crustacean that has long antennae for eyes

Generally, the right side is the geniculate and prehensile appendage, presenting one or two hinged joints, which enables the antennule to fold back upon itself (Blades-Eckelbarger, 1991), a common pattern in numerous families including the Temoridae.

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