prehensile - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • tail: Prehensile tails are found on animals which live mainly in forested areas.
  • toe: In terms of having particularly prehensile toes, however, this is an attribute I inherited from my father.
  • lip: The data does not support the presence of a prehensile lip.
  • tongue: Giraffes have extremely long prehensile tongues, measuring well over 30cm.
  • organ: Most of the Montessori emphasis on art comes from the development of the hand, the " prehensile organ of the mind " .
  • trunk: They have almost hairless skin, a distinctive long, flexible, prehensile trunk.

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