adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a prehensile tail technical (= able to hold things )
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Many monkeys have prehensile tails.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Jehana was playing with one of the cats, a Suristani with a prehensile tail.
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The Spider Monkey's prehensile tail, used as a fifth limb.
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They use prehensile tails as fifth hands, dangling to reach sturdier branches or fresh green growth.