prehensile

形容词 prehensile:

1. adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
2. having a keen intellect- A.T.Quiller-Couch
3. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
   同义词：avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy

pre.hen.sile

adj.（形容词）
Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object:
可盘卷的：尤指通过卷绕在某物上抓、夺或拿的：
例句：
a monkey`s prehensile tail.
猴子的可盘卷的尾巴

Having keen intellect; insightful.
聪明的；有洞察力的
Greedy; grasping.
贪婪的；紧握的

来源：
French préhensile
法语 préhensile
from Latin prehônsus [past participle of] prehendere [to grasp] * see ghend-
源自 拉丁语 prehônsus [] prehendere的过去分词 [抓紧] *参见 ghend-

【引伸】
pre.hensil.ity