LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of prehensile is an animal's limb or tail that has adapted to be able to grasp or hold. An example of prehensile is the tail of a monkey.
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adjective. 1  Able to seize, grasp, or hold, especially by wrapping around an object: a monkey's prehensile tail. 2  Having a keen intellect or powerful memory: a prehensile mind.
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And by kindergarten, or age 5, a child should be using one hand for all fine motor tasks that require a hand dominance (i.e. holding a pencil, holding scissors, holding food utensils, etc). Gross grasp is usually the first step in the process of developing fine motor skills. And the grasp first starts without any conscious control as an infant. The palmar grasp reflex is present in newborns and lasts until about 5 months.
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prehensile. prehensile tail of an opossum. adj. 1.
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Prehensile feet are lower limbs that possess prehensility, the ability to grasp like a hand. They are most commonly observed in monkeys, who similarly possess prehensile tails, and apes. Due to the development of bipedalism in humans, the hands became the focus of prehensility and the feet adjusted to more of a stabilizing role.
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prehensile. adapted for seizing or grasping, esp. by wrapping or folding around something. French prehensile; préhensile From Classical latin, prehensus past participle of, prehendere to; take from- , prae- + Pre-Indo european base an unverified form- , ghend an unverified form- , ghed to grasp from source. get
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Around age 2-3 years, they will use a digital-pronate grasp. In this grasp pattern, the arm is turned slightly inward (pronated) and the crayon is positioned under the palm. The tip of the crayon is held by a straight index finger and adducted thumb.
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Generally speaking, a mature gross grasp pattern is defined by 1. a slightly extended wrist; 2 the pinkie and ring finger tucking into the palm; 3. the thumb opposed to the index and middle fingers and 4. an open, rounded thumb webspace. Precision patterns are the fine tuning of gross grasp.
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Had this tail any prehensile power, I should straightway bethink me of Darmonodes' elephant that so frequented the flower-market, and with low salutations presented nosegays to damsels, and then caressed their zones.
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Had this tail any prehensile power, I should straightway bethink me of Darmonodes' elephant that so frequented the flower-market, and with low salutations presented nosegays to damsels, and then caressed their zones. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context.
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define prehensile grasp
Prehensile grasp is an animal's limb or tail that has adapted to be able to grasp or hold. A Prehensile grasp is an animal's limb or tail that has adapted to be able to grasp or hold.