pre·hen·sile
adjective/prɪˈhensaɪl/
/prɪˈhensl/
(specialist)- (of a part of an animal’s body) able to hold things
enlarge image能抓住东西的；缠绕性的 - the monkey’s prehensile tail
猴子的长卷尾
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrehensile is used with these nouns:- tail
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French préhensile, from Latin prehens- ‘grasped’, from the verb prehendere, from prae ‘before’ + hendere ‘to grasp’. - the monkey’s prehensile tail