prehensile

Word family adjectiveprehensibleprehensileprehensiveprehensorynounprehensilityprehensionprehensorverbprehend

Related topics: Animals

pre·hen·sile /prɪˈhensaɪl $ -səl/ adjectiveadj technical

HBAa prehensile tail, foot etc can curl around things and hold on to them 〔尾巴、脚等〕能缠绕的，能抓握的

Examples from the Corpus

prehensile• The Spider Monkey's prehensile tail, used as a fifth limb.• Jehana was playing with one of the cats, a Suristani with a prehensile tail.• They use prehensile tails as fifth hands, dangling to reach sturdier branches or fresh green growth.

Origin prehensile

(1700-1800) French préhensile, from Latin prehendere “to seize”

单词	prehensile
释义	prehensile Word family adjectiveprehensibleprehensileprehensiveprehensorynounprehensilityprehensionprehensorverbprehend Related topics: Animals pre·hen·sile /prɪˈhensaɪl $ -səl/ adjectiveadj technical HBAa prehensile tail, foot etc can curl around things and hold on to them 〔尾巴、脚等〕能缠绕的，能抓握的 Examples from the Corpus prehensile• The Spider Monkey's prehensile tail, used as a fifth limb.• Jehana was playing with one of the cats, a Suristani with a prehensile tail.• They use prehensile tails as fifth hands, dangling to reach sturdier branches or fresh green growth. Origin prehensile (1700-1800) French préhensile, from Latin prehendere “to seize”
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