armlike
Resembling a limb
Resembling an arm in shape, structure, or function.
The word describes elongated appendages or extensions that suggest human or animal arms: armlike branches reaching toward the sky, the octopus's armlike tentacles.
Technical writing uses it for mechanical or anatomical features: an armlike robotic attachment.
Flexible grasping appendage
- pseudopodTemporary cellular projection
- tendrilCoiling plant appendage
- limbJointed bodily projection
- protrusionPart extending outward
extension · branch · feeler · antenna · flagellum · proboscis · palp · cirrus
Adapted for grasping
- grippingHolding attention completely
- claspingHolding something firmly
- clutchingHolding tightly onto
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
gripper · grappling · seizing · holding · clinging · latching · clamping
Stiff and unemotional
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
- hydraulicRelating to pressurized liquids
- pneumaticUsing pressurized gas
- articulatedHaving segments that bend
jointed · crane · boom · actuator · servo · manipulator · forklift · backhoe
tentacle
Flexible grasping appendage
protrusion · extension · branch · feeler · antenna · flagellum · proboscis · palp · cirrus · elongated
prehensile
Adapted for grasping
manipulator · gripper · grappling · seizing · holding · clinging · latching · clamping
robotic
Stiff and unemotional
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
- hydraulicRelating to pressurized liquids
- pneumaticUsing pressurized gas
articulated · jointed · crane · boom · actuator · servo · manipulator · forklift · backhoe · excavator
brachial
Of the arm