extensile

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The mouth is small and tubular, furnished with a long extensile tongue.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

This genus has four molars less than the last, a shorter muzzle; the cheek-bones or zygomatic arch more projecting; tongue rather longer and more tapering, and slightly extensile.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

This, together with the long extensile tongue—which is flat shaped and square at the extremity—shows a peculiar design, answering to the habits of the animal.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

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

An extensile landscape, with a road on the L; overhung with foliage.

From Cromwell by Richards, Alfred B.