ALL meanings of prehensile
pre·hen·sile
P p - adjective prehensile adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something: a prehensile tail. 1
- adjective prehensile able to perceive quickly; having keen mental grasp. 1
- adjective prehensile greedy; grasping; avaricious. 1
- adjective prehensile tail, etc.: used for grasping 1
- adjective prehensile adapted for grasping, esp by wrapping around a support 0
- adjective prehensile adapted for seizing or grasping, esp. by wrapping or folding around something, as the tail of certain monkeys 0