prehensile

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PREHENSILE

a.[L. prehendo, to take or seize; prehensus.] Seizing; grasping; adapted to seize or grasp. The tails of some monkeys are prehensile.

PREHENSILE

Pre *hen "sile, a. Etym: [L. prehensus, p. p. of prehendere to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before ) + hendere (in comp. ), akin to E. get: cf. F. préhensile. See Get, and cf. Prison, Prize, n.]

prehensile

pre hen sile |prēˈhensəl, -ˌsīl prəˈhɛnsəl | ▶adjective (chiefly of an animal's limb or tail ) capable of grasping. DERIVATIVES pre hen sil i ty |prēˌhenˈsilətē |noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French préhensile, from Latin prehens- ‘grasped, ’ from the verb prehendere, from prae ‘before ’ + hendere ‘to grasp. ’

prehensile

prehensile |prɪˈhɛnsʌɪl | ▶adjective (chiefly of an animal's limb or tail ) capable of grasping. DERIVATIVES prehensility |-ˈsɪlɪti |noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French préhensile, from Latin prehens- ‘grasped ’, from the verb prehendere, from prae ‘before ’ + hendere ‘to grasp ’.

prehensile

pre hen sile /prɪhéns (ə )l |-saɪl /形容詞 〈足 尾が 〉つかむのに適した, 巻きつく ; 〈人が 〉理解力のある .