[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

prehensile \prehen"sile\, a. l. prehensus, p. p. of prehendere
   to lay hold of, seize; pre- equiv. to prae before + hendere
   in comp., akin to e. get: cf. f. pr'ehensile. see get,
   and cf. prison, prize, n.
   adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the
   prehensile tail of a monkey.
   1913 webster
see also:
get prison prize 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
nonprehensile avaricious covetous grabby grasping greedy 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 moby thesaurus words for "prehensile":
   acquisitive, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
   apprehensive, aware, clawed, cognizant, comprehending, conscious,
   dentate, desirous, digital, digitate, digitated, fanged, fingered,
   grabby, grasping, greedy, insightful, intelligent, itchy, jawed,
   knowing, knowledgeable, mindful, omniscient, perceptive,
   percipient, perspicacious, raptorial, sagacious, sensible, shrewd,
   taloned, toothed, understanding, wise

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