prehensile
1. [ adjective ] adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
Examples:

"a monkey's prehensile tail"

Related terms: nonprehensile
2. [ adjective ] having a keen intellect
Examples:

"poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch

Related terms: intelligent
3. [ adjective ] immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Synonyms: greedy covetous grasping grabby avaricious
Examples:

"they are avaricious and will do anything for money" "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields" "a grasping old miser" "greedy for money and power" "grew richer and greedier"

Related terms: acquisitive
Similar spelling:   prehension
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