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Quick definitions from WordNet (prehensile)
▸ adjective: having a keen intellect ("Poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men- A.T.Quiller-Couch")
▸ adjective: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object ("A monkey's prehensile tail")
▸ adjective: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth ("Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees")
▸ Also see prehensility
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▸ adjective: having a keen intellect ("Poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men- A.T.Quiller-Couch")
▸ adjective: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object ("A monkey's prehensile tail")
▸ adjective: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth ("Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees")
▸ Also see prehensility
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to prehensile
▸ Usage examples for prehensile
▸ Popular nouns described by prehensile
▸ Words that often appear near prehensile
▸ Rhymes of prehensile
▸ Invented words related to prehensile