extensile

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C�sium, sēz′i-um, n. a silver-white, soft, and extensile alkaline metal, almost always found along with rubidium, discovered by Bunsen and Kirchhoff in 1860 by spectrum analysis.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

It had a long extensile tongue, furnished with a glutinous mucous for securing its insect food.

From In the Wilds of Africa by Pearse, Alfred

The object of this extensile head is seen when one finds the larvae feeding upon the fruits or the seed-pods of its various food plants—hawthorn, hop, hound's-tongue, and St. John's-wort.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

There are no teeth; and although the tongue is long and worm-like, it is not extensile.

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

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