extensile

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The arteries are highly elastic, being extensile and retractile both in length and breadth.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

The strong claws make a hole in the side of the ant-hill, and the insects are collected on the extensile tongue.

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

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

It has an excessively long slender muzzle, and a wormlike extensile tongue.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

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