prehensile

adjective /pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/

1. Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.

   Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French préhensile, from Latin perfect passive participle prehēnsus, from prehendō (“grasp, seize”) + adjective suffix -ile, from Latin -ilis.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry prehensile (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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