"prehensile" meaning in All languages combined

See prehensile on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹiˈhɛnsəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-prehensile.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from French préhensile, from Latin perfect passive participle prehēnsus, from prehendō (“grasp, seize”) + adjective suffix -ile, from Latin -ilis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰed-}}, {{bor|en|fr|préhensile}} French préhensile, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{af|en|-ile}} -ile, {{der|en|la|-ilis}} Latin -ilis Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prehensile (not comparable)
  1. (zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Zoology Derived forms: nonprehensile, prehensilely, prehensility, subprehensile Related terms: prehensive Translations (able to take hold of objects): хватателен (hvatatelen) (Bulgarian), prènsil (Catalan), grijp- (Dutch), tarttuma- (Finnish), préhensile (French), préhensif [masculine] (French), prénsil (Galician), kapaszkodó (Hungarian), grip- (Icelandic), melilit (Indonesian), greama (Irish), inghreama (Irish), prensile (Italian), префатен (prefaten) (Macedonian), yn-ghreimmee (Manx), prensil (Occitan), chwytny [masculine] (Polish), preênsil (Portuguese), це́пкий (cépkij) (Russian), prehensilni [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prensil (Spanish)
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