Prehensile Synonyms and Antonyms

prē-hĕn'səl, -sīl'

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Synonyms for Prehensile

grabby
Tending to grab especially rudely or needily
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covetous
Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a strong or immoderate desire for the possessions of another:
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avaricious
Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy.
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grasping
Exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious.
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greedy
The definition of greedy is someone who wants more of something than he is entitled to or the behavior of wanting more than you are entitled to.
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Antonyms for Prehensile

nonprehensile
Not prehensile.
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Words Related to Prehensile

chelicera
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mouthpart
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palp
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Prehensile Sentence Examples

  • Tail longer than the body and head, scantily clothed with short hairs, prehensile.

  • It is arboreal, bright green above; the end of the prehensile tail is usually bright red.

  • The Javan Pithechirus has the thumb opposable, while the Papuan Chiruromys has the tip of the tail naked above and prehensile.

  • The upper lip is cleft, the jugal lacks an inferior angle, the fore part of the skull is short and broad; the cheek-teeth are partially rooted, with external and internal enamel-folds, the soles of the feet are smooth, there are six pairs of teats, the clavicles are imperfect and the tail is not prehensile.

  • The foot of the higher apes, though often spoken of as a hand, is anatomically not such, but a prehensile foot.

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