prehensile
Example Sentences
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The fossil lacked the reinforced bark-gnawing jaws and possessed a prehensile tail, making it appear more closely related to South American porcupines.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
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 • May 9, 2023
The prehensile tail that gives the tree-dwelling, fruit-eating species its name exists in this case in the imagination only.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2022
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 • Aug. 6, 2021
He could wield five swords at once—four hands and the prehensile tip of his tail—and was so formidable and agile and huge that his adversaries would often drop their weapons and call a truce.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
