prehensile

adj.

1. Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object: a monkey's prehensile tail.
2. Having keen intellect; insightful.
3. Greedy; grasping.

[French préhensile, from Latin prehēnsus, past participle of prehendere, to grasp.]

prehensility pre'hen·sil'i·ty (-sĭl'ĭ-tē) n.

(pri-HEN-sil, -syl)

adjective
1. Capable of seizing or grasping, especially by wrapping around.
2. Skilled at keen perception or mental grasp of an idea or concept.
3. Greedy.

Etymology
From French prehensile, coined by French naturalist Georges Louis Leclerc De Buffon, from Latin prehensus

Usage
"The drugstore toothbrush rack has become a circus of ergonomic grips, flexing heads, and prehensile gum-probes -- an entire retail sector transformed by design." — Philip Nobel; Can Design in America Avoid the Style Trap?; The New York Times; Nov 26, 2000.

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Adapted for grasping or seizing.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gribe-

Nederlands (Dutch)
(lichaamsdeel) aangepast voor grijpen

Français (French)
adj. - préhensile

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (Zoo.) Greif-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ζωολ.) συλληπτήριος

Italiano (Italian)
prensile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - preênsil

Русский (Russian)
приспособленный для хватания

Español (Spanish)
adj. - prensil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - grip-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
适于抓住的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 適於抓住的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 쥐기에 적당한, 잡는 힘이 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 把握力のある, 掴むのに適した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قادر على القبض, إطباقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לופת, תופס‬

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