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Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: prehensile (Adjective). Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object. Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.
It clearly evolved from a different kind of webbing, between the fingers rather than the arms and legs. The proto-bats lived in trees, and already had prehensile toes for climbing, easily adaptable to grabbing prey. Birds likely evolved on a completely different strategy.