Origin: Latin prefix pre-
Prehensile has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
"a monkey's prehensile tail"
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
"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"
Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.