Adjective: prehensile pree'hen-sil or pree'hen,sI(-u)l [N. Amer], pree'hen,sI(-u)l [Brit]
- Adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
"a monkey's prehensile tail"
- Having a keen intellect
"poets — those gifted strangely prehensile men"
- Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
"prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees";
- avaricious, covetous, grabby [N. Amer, informal], grasping, greedy
See also: acquisitive, intelligent
Antonym: nonprehensile
Encyclopedia: Prehensile