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prehensile

adjective /prɪhɛnsɪl/ 3 syllables 10 letters Scrabble 15 WWF 17
Definitions
adjective

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

“prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees”

adjective

having a keen intellect

“poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men”

adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object

“a monkey's prehensile tail”

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