The prehensile trunk of the tapir has changed little in millions of years of evolution.
The white hook on the left is a standard prehensile hook.
The all-conquering maker of bendy, magnet-tipped prehensile tripods is slowly turning into a flashlight company.
It seems to have lacked a trunk but may have had a prehensile upper lip.
Manipulative, prehensile appendages to grasp and alter surroundings.
Howler monkeys have prehensile tails, or tails that can grip.
It is akin, rather, to the mathematical or musical prodigy's prehensile grasp of hidden structures.
The hairless tail is prehensile, useful for stability in climbing trees.
Inspect your coccyx to see if you have a prehensile tail attached.
Has a prehensile tail that aids in its ability to climb.
British Dictionary definitions for prehensile
prehensile
/prɪˈhɛnsaɪl/
adjective
1.
adapted for grasping, esp by wrapping around a support: a prehensile tail
Derived Forms
prehensility (ˌpriːhɛnˈsɪlɪtɪ) noun
Word Origin
C18: from French préhensile, from Latin prehendere to grasp
Word Origin and History for prehensile
adj.
1771, from French préhensile "adapted for grasping" (Buffon), from Latin prehensus, past participle of prehendere "to grasp, to seize," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + -hendere, related to hedera "ivy," via notion of "clinging," and cognate with Greek khandanein "to take in, hold" (see get (v.)).
prehensile in Medicine
prehensile pre·hen·sile (prē-hěn'səl, -sīl') adj. Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object.
pre'hen·sil'i·ty (-sĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
prehensile in Science
prehensile
(prē-hěn'səl) Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object. The feet of many birds, the tails of monkeys, and the trunks of elephants are prehensile.