extensile

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The only other North American birds that have a tongue built upon this plan are the hummingbirds, in which also it is extensile.

From The Woodpeckers by Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy

It has an excessively long, slender muzzle, and a worm-like, extensile tongue.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas

Tongue long, pointed and extensile, though to a less degree than in the anteaters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

Most of the caterpillars have oval, slug-shaped, smooth bodies, with the under surface flattened, and very small heads, which in many species can be extended by means of an extensile neck.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

Three thousand of them, for a single meal, he has been known to lick out of a hill with his long, round, extensile, sticky tongue.

From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje