Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which prehends or lays hold of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths
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Bob Radocy of TRS Inc. uses a grip prehensor hand replacement to do pull-ups at a gym in Boulder, Colorado August 21, 2009. [
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