单词prehensile
adj.: 能抓住东西的；缠绕性的
网络: 适于抓住的；能抓住的；适于抓握的
能抓住东西的；缠绕性的:
able to hold things
【动物;动物学】(足、尾等)适于抓拿的,适于缠卷的,(有)捕握(力)的
善于领悟的,有洞察力的
捕握的
有理解力的
Or to bring it a little bit closer to home, does it mean that the purpose of the prehensile thumb is for grasping?
或者，更详细地说，它是不是意味着，能握住东西的拇指就是为了抓东西而存在的？
Their most distinctive feature is a pair of shapely prehensile tentacles that grow from the base of their skulls .
他们最显著的特征是头骨基部长出的一对触角。这对触角美观而适于抓物。
Long and slightly prehensile, but more like the tail of a panther than a monkey.
它们有尾巴。尾巴是细长而且可缠绕的，但比起猴子那更像是猎豹的尾巴。
prehensile Adapted for seizing or grasping, as the tail of a seahorse.
适于抓握的适于抓或握的，例如海马的尾部。
A naked, forked prehensile tail trailed it, aiding in balance, and its arms and legs terminated in large curved claws.
一根没有毛发、适于缠绕的叉状尾巴拖在身后，用来保持平衡。四肢末端是巨大弯曲的利爪。
The Celegians are a species of intelligent scyphozoans, appearing as floating brains trailing a cluster of prehensile tentacles.
塞莱吉亚人是一种钵水母纲的智慧种族，看起来就像漂浮的大脑曳挂着一串缠卷的触须。
nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America.
夜间树栖有袋动物，有能盘卷住东西的无毛的尾巴，见于从北美洲南部到南美洲北部的地区。
The new finds suggest that the fish could have held onto floating clumps of seagrass for weeks or months with their prehensile tails.
新的发现显示，这些海马能够用它们擅于抓握的尾巴在海草团中浮游数周甚至数月。
hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails.
脸上有毛的树栖猴，鼻孔分得很开，尾巴长而适于盘卷。
A baby orangutan takes thumb-sucking to a new level thanks to prehensile feet.
一个幼猩猩由于有了适于抓握东西的脚，使它们吸吮拇指达到了一个新水平。