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Meaning of prehensile


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  prehensile
      adj 1: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an
             object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" [ant:
             {nonprehensile}]
      2: having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely
         prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
      3: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
         avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous
         eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser";
         "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew
         richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with
         raises for their employees" [syn: {avaricious}, {covetous},
         {grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}, {prehensile}]


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