Prehensility
Quality of an appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Prehension" redirects here. For the philosophical, see Alfred North Whitehead § Theory of perception.
Prehensility is the quality of an appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding. The word is derived from the Latin term prehendere, meaning "to grasp". The ability to grasp is likely derived from a number of different origins. The most common are tree-climbing and the need to manipulate food.[1]
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