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PREHENSILE

\pɹɪhˈɛnsa͡ɪl], \pɹɪhˈɛnsa‍ɪl], \p_ɹ_ɪ_h_ˈɛ_n_s_aɪ_l]\

Definitions of PREHENSILE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Adapted for seizing and holding.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Seizing: adapted for seizing or holding.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Adapted to grasp.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Adapted for catching hold, as a suctorial tentacle.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Capable of grasping or seizing.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Adapted for grasping or seizing. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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