| prehensile | (adj) ที่เข้าใจได้เร็ว |
| prehensile | [pri hen sil] (adj) ซึ่งใช้จับได้ |
| งวง | [ngūang] (n) EN: trunk (of an elephant) ; proboscis FR: trompe [ f ] ; trompe préhensile [ f ] |
| prehensile |
| nonprehensile | (adj) not prehensile, Ant. prehensile |
| prehensile | (adj) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object, Ant. nonprehensile, Example: a monkey's prehensile tail |
| prehensile | (adj) having a keen intellect; - A.T.Quiller-Couch, Example: poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men |
| avaricious | (adj) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth, Syn. grasping, greedy, prehensile, grabby, covetous, Example: they are avaricious and will do anything for money; casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields; a grasping old miser; grasping commercialism; greedy for money and power; grew richer and greedier; prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees |
| nonprehensile | adj. not prehensile; |
| Prehensile | a. [ L. prehensus, p. p. of prehendere to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before) + hendere (in comp.), akin to E. get: cf. F. préhensile. See Get, and cf. Prison, Prize, n. ] Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; |
| Subprehensile | a. Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| zum Greifen geeignet | prehensile [Add to Longdo] |