prehensile
Day 1Level 3pri-HEN-sil
capable of grasping
able to hold things
Part of Speech: adjective
Synonyms:
acquisitive
Example Sentence:
The alligator lizard has a prehensile tail, meaning that it can be used to grasp objects by wrapping around them.
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