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PREHENSILE





Definition:

  1. [adjective] adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"

  2. [adjective] having a keen intellect; "poets

  3. [adjective] 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"
    Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy

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