| slovo | definícia |
prehensile
(encz) | prehensile,chápavý např. ocas Zdeněk Brož |
Prehensile
(gcide) | Prehensile \Pre*hen"sile\, 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. pr['e]hensile. See Get,
and cf. Prison, Prize, n.]
Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the
prehensile tail of a monkey.
[1913 Webster] |
prehensile
(wn) | prehensile
adj 1: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an
object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" [ant:
nonprehensile]
2: having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely
prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
3: 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" [syn: avaricious, covetous,
grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile] |
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nonprehensile
(encz) | nonprehensile, adj: |
Cercolades prehensiles
(gcide) | Coendoo \Co*en"doo\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades prehensiles syn.
Sphingurus prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile
tail.
[1913 Webster] Coenenchym |
nonprehensile
(gcide) | nonprehensile \nonprehensile\ adj.
not prehensile; as, cats have a nonprehensile tail. Opposite
of prehensile.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Prehensile
(gcide) | Prehensile \Pre*hen"sile\, 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. pr['e]hensile. See Get,
and cf. Prison, Prize, n.]
Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the
prehensile tail of a monkey.
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Sphingurus prehensiles
(gcide) | Coendoo \Co*en"doo\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades prehensiles syn.
Sphingurus prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile
tail.
[1913 Webster] Coenenchym |
Subprehensile
(gcide) | Subprehensile \Sub`pre*hen"sile\, a.
Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.
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nonprehensile
(wn) | nonprehensile
adj 1: not prehensile [ant: prehensile] |
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