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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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