Prehensile

prehensile
    adj 1: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an
           object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" [ant:
           {nonprehensile}]
    2: having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely
       prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
    3: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
       avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous
       eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser";
       "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew
       richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with
       raises for their employees" [syn: {avaricious}, {covetous},
       {grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}, {prehensile}]
    

Prehensile \Pre*hen"sile\, a. [L. prehensus, p. p. of prehendere
   to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before) + hendere
   (in comp.), akin to E. get: cf. F. pr['e]hensile. See {Get},
   and cf. {Prison}, {Prize}, n.]
   Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the
   prehensile tail of a monkey.
   [1913 Webster]
    

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "prehensile":
      acquisitive, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
      apprehensive, aware, clawed, cognizant, comprehending, conscious,
      dentate, desirous, digital, digitate, digitated, fanged, fingered,
      grabby, grasping, greedy, insightful, intelligent, itchy, jawed,
      knowing, knowledgeable, mindful, omniscient, perceptive,
      percipient, perspicacious, raptorial, sagacious, sensible, shrewd,
      taloned, toothed, understanding, wise