protractile
[proh-trak -til, -tahyl, pruh -]
/ proʊˈtræk tɪl, -taɪl, prə- /
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Protrud′able, Protru′sile, protractile; Protru′sible, able to be protruded.—n.
From
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)
by Various
The intermaxillaries are moderately protractile, but the lower jaw, when depressed, projects still further forward.
From
Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1.
With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During
The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43.
By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative
Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea.
by Stokes, John Lort
The intermaxillaries are moderately protractile, and curve a little downwards.
From
Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1.
With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During
The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43.
By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative
Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea.
by Stokes, John Lort
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