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adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch avaricious: 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"
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Adapted for grasping.
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Having the ability to grasp.
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Capable of grasping. Primates have prehensile hands and feet, and some primates (certain New World monkeys) have prehensile tails.
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the specialized tails of many species of monkey and other animals, which are often capable of supporting the animal's weight when hanging from tree branches
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