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prehensile

adjective C2
MEANING IN ENGLISH

adapted for seizing, grasping, or wrapping around an object

In context

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The monkey used its prehensile tail to hang from the branch.

Synonyms

grasping,gripping,clinging

Antonyms

nonprehensile

Collocations

prehensile tail,prehensile trunk,prehensile feet

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗