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prehensile

10 letters · 8 distinct letters

  1. adjective

    adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object

    a monkey's prehensile tail

  2. adjective

    having a keen intellect;, A.T.Quiller Couch

    poets, those gifted strangely prehensile men

  3. adjective

    immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

    they are avaricious and will do anything for money

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