Results for “prehensile”

prehensile

Able to grasp or hold.

cephalopod

Any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda which includes octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus. Characterised by possession of a large head and eyes, prehensile tentacles, and, in most species, a specialised sac containing a dark, inky fluid used in defensive behaviour.

tentacle

Slender, elongate, flexible, unsegmented, usually tactile or prehensile, process extending from the body in certain organisms.

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