prehensile
Example Sentences
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They move through trees using a prehensile tail for balance and mitten-like feet for a careful, measured stride.
From Science Daily
Many also have long, prehensile tails capable of bearing their weight, which they use while climbing and reaching for fruit.
From Science Daily
Nor is it necessarily true that older political leaders invariably hang on to their seats as if with what Orwell called prehensile behinds.
From Los Angeles Times
With their prehensile lips — they are distantly related to elephants — they grabbed the lettuce and nibbled.
From Seattle Times
The genus name comes from the Greek for “prehensile foot,” which the scientists chose because this is the oldest known cephalopod with suckers.
From Science Magazine
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