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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Prehensile \Pre*hen"sile\, a. [L. prehensus, p. p. of prehendere
     to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before) + hendere
     (in comp.), akin to E. get: cf. F. pr['e]hensile. See Get,
     and cf. Prison, Prize, n.]
     Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the
     prehensile tail of a monkey.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Prehensile \Pre*hen"sile\, a. [L. prehensus, p. p. of prehendere
     to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before) + hendere
     (in comp.), akin to E. get: cf. F. pr['e]hensile. See Get,
     and cf. Prison, Prize, n.]
     Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the
     prehensile tail of a monkey.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  prehensile
       adj 1: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an
              object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" [ant: nonprehensile]
       2: having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely
          prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
       3: 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" [syn: avaricious,
           covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prehensile
     a.
     (lb en zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for
  grasping especially by wrapping around an object.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  prehensile
     a.
     (lb en zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for
  grasping especially by wrapping around an object.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  prehensile
     a.
     (lb en zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for
  grasping especially by wrapping around an object.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  prehensile
     a.
     (lb en zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for
  grasping especially by wrapping around an object.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prehensile
     Englanti a.
     (yhteys eläintiede k=en) tarttuma-

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Prehensile /pɹɪhˈɛnsaɪl/
  إلتفافي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  prehensile //pɹiˈhɛnsəl// //pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl// 
  хватателен
  able to take hold of objects

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prehensile /pɹɪhˈɛnsaɪl/
  chápavý např. ocas

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  prehensile /pɹɪhˈɛnsaɪl/
  zum Greifen geeignet , Greif… [zool.]
   see: prehensile tail
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  prehensile //pɹiˈhɛnsəl// //pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl// 
  tarttuma-
  able to take hold of objects

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  prehensile /pɹɪhˈɛnsaɪl/ 
  1. परिग्राही
        "Lizards have prehensile tongue which helps them to catch their prey."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  prehensile /pɹɪhˈɛnsaɪl/
  koji se hvata

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  prehensile //pɹiˈhɛnsəl// //pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl// 
  melilit
  able to take hold of objects

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  prehensile /pɹɪhˈɛnsaɪl/
  1. (maymun kuyruğu gibi) sarılma ve kavrama hassası olan.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "prehensile":
     acquisitive, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
     apprehensive, aware, clawed, cognizant, comprehending, conscious,
     dentate, desirous, digital, digitate, digitated, fanged, fingered,
     grabby, grasping, greedy, insightful, intelligent, itchy, jawed,
     knowing, knowledgeable, mindful, omniscient, perceptive,
     percipient, perspicacious, raptorial, sagacious, sensible, shrewd,
     taloned, toothed, understanding, wise
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 适于抓住的,有劲力的,有理解力的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 适于抓住的

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