Definitions of prehensile:

  • adjective:   having a keen intellect
    Example: "Poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men- A.T.Quiller-Couch"
  • adjective:   adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
    Example: "A monkey's prehensile tail"
  • adjective:   immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
    Example: "Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"