extensile

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Held immovable by the beam it lay upon the floor, a strangely extensile, amoeba-like metal-studded mass of leathery substance.

From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

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

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.

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.

The Indian tapir has a more powerful and extensile trunk than the American, and its skull shows in consequence a greater space for the attachment of the muscles.

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