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pre·hen·sile
(prē-hĕn′səl, -sīl′)adj.
1. Able to seize, grasp, or hold, especially by wrapping around an object: a monkey's prehensile tail.
2. Having a keen intellect or powerful memory: a prehensile mind.
[French préhensile, from Latin prehēnsus, past participle of prehendere, to grasp; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]
pre′hen·sil′i·ty (-sĭl′ĭ-tē) n.
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prehensile
(prɪˈhɛnsaɪl)adj
(Zoology) adapted for grasping, esp by wrapping around a support: a prehensile tail. Also: prehensive or prehensory
[C18: from French préhensile, from Latin prehendere to grasp]
prehensility n
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pre•hen•sile
(prɪˈhɛn sɪl, -saɪl)adj.
1. adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something: a prehensile tail.
2. able to perceive quickly; having keen mental grasp.
3. greedy; grasping; avaricious.
[< French (coined by Buffon) < Latin prehend(ere) to seize (see prehension) + -tilis -tile]
pre•hen•sil•i•ty (ˌpri hɛnˈsɪl ɪ ti) n.
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pre·hen·sile
(prē-hĕn′səl) Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object. The feet of many birds and the tails of monkeys are prehensile.
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Adj. 1. prehensile - adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"
nonprehensile - not prehensile
2. prehensile - having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
intelligent - having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"
3. [画像:prehensile - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth]prehensile - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
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Translations
قادِر على القَبْض
chápavý
fang-
kapaszkodó
grip-
graibštus
tvērēj-tveršanas-
chwytny
schopný uchopiť
kavrayabilenyakalayabilen
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prehensile
(priˈhensail) adjective able to take hold of something. Most monkeys have prehensile tails. grypbaar قادِر على القَبْض хватателен preênsil chápavý zum Greifen geeignet; Greif-... fang- που διαθέτει την ικανότητα να κρατήσει κτ. prensil haardevõimeline قادر به گرفتن و نگه داشتن tarttumiskykyinen préhensile נִילפָת परिग्राही rep za prihvaćanje kapaszkodó (ujj, farok stb.) bisa memegang grip- prensile つかむのに適した 잡기에 적합한 graibštus tvērēj-; tveršanas- boleh mencengkam grijp- gripe-, fang- chwytny نيوونكى او ساتونكى لكه بيزو چې خپله لكه په خپل ځان پورى ساتلى شې preênsil agăţător цепкий schopný uchopiť (sa) oprijemalen koji može držati stvari med gripförmåga ที่ยึดได้ yakalayabilen, kavrayabilen 能捲纏而抓住的,適於抓住的 хапальний; пристосований для хапання قابل گرفت عضو có thể cầm nắm 能卷缠而抓住的,适于抓住的
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pre·hen·sile
a. prensil, adaptado para agarrar o asir.
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