prehensile
Example Sentences
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The prehensile tips of a regular harvestman’s legs, which Dr. Sharma compared to fingers with a hundred extra knuckles, were found to be under the control of another gene.
From New York Times
“It’s like a human growing a prehensile tail.”
From Science Magazine
Residents of the White House have had fur and feathers, claws and hooves, scales, stripes and prehensile tails.
From New York Times
Areas considered impossible to reach by human or mechanical hands are completely cleared by goats with their prehensile upper lips and tongues.
From Salon
According to The Mammal Society, the harvest mouse has a "prehensile tail the same length as the head and body."
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
