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What is the adjective for prehensile?

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prehensile
  1. (zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.”
      “Their tails are long but not prehensile, and their feet are not syndactylous.”
      “Nocturnal and arboreal, they clamber up trees and hang from limbs thanks to long prehensile tails and opposable inside toes on their hind feet.”
prehensory
  1. Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
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