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pre·hen·sile

(pr

-h

l, -s

) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object: a monkey's prehensile tail.
Having keen intellect; insightful.
Greedy; grasping.

ETYMOLOGY:
French préhensile, from Latin prehnsus, past participle of prehendere, to grasp; see ghend- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
prehen·sili·ty (-s

-t

) KEY (Noun)

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