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.
Originprehensile
(1700-1800)Frenchpréhensile, from Latinprehendere“to seize”