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Definition of
prehensile adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
prehensile
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
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priˈhɛnsl
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/
(
technology
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(
of a part of an animal's body
)
able to hold things
the monkey's prehensile tail
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prehensile
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