0 (of parts of the body) able to hold on to things, especially by curling around them: --
a prehensile tail
It had powerful prehensile frontal appendages and large spherical eyes.
First, prey can be captured by quickly flying out to grab it using the prehensile tarsi of the hind legs.
Graboids have a trio of long, powerful, snake-like tentacles, which are prehensile and have a reach of at least ten feet.
The species is equipped with powerful prehensile limbs, and poisonous fangs that function as hypodermic needles.
Some species of earthworm can even use the prehensile prostomium to grab and drag items such as grasses and leaves into their burrow.
The woodcock uses its long prehensile bill to probe in the soil for food, mainly invertebrates and especially earthworms.
It has prehensile pectoral fins, helping it to move along the seabed, and giving it its four-armed appearance.
The pectoral fins are prehensile, helping the fish move along the sea bed.