pre·hen·sile 
(prē-hĕnsəl, -sīl′)
(prē-hĕnsəl, -sīl′)adj.
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.
[French préhensile, from Latin prehēnsus, past participle of prehendere, to grasp; see ghend- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
pre′hen·sili·ty (-sĭlĭ-tē) n.
prehensileprehensile tail of an opossum