Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Prehensile

Prehensile , adjective

[Latin prehensus, past participle of prehendere to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before) + hendere (in comp.), akin to English get: compare French préhensile. See Get, and compare Prison, Prize, n.]

Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.