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prehensile
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prehensile
adapted for grasping, esp by wrapping around a support

prehensile [prē′hen·səl]
(vertebrate zoology)
Adapted for seizing, grasping, or plucking, especially by wrapping around some object.


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Owners of copyrights and other intellectual property rights are very grabby.
Braking can be another story, however, as the disc brakes in the Touareg that I test drove were annoyingly grabby and the Cayenne squealed a bit when stopping.
An elephant should sip his milk quietly, of course, "a few gallons at a time"; and instead of getting all grabby and shouting, "GIMME, GIMME
 
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