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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Had this tail any prehensile power, I should straightway bethink me of Darmonodes' elephant that so frequented the flower-market, and with low salutations presented nosegays to damsels, and then caressed their zones. And the cats on the route saw reason to give thanks that prehensile claws had been given them. This was because it was a prehensile foot, more like a hand than a foot. |
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