retractile
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Decapoda.—Four pairs of ordinary non-retractile arms which are shorter than the body, and one pair of tentacular arms, situated between the third and fourth normal arms on each side and retractile within special pouches.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
When he clambered up on the rostrum they extended their audio-appendages and retractile fingers and accorded him a round of applause.
From The Servant Problem by Robert F. Young
The reader will remember that in the Vorticella previously described, the bells stood upon stalks that were very flexible, and retractile by means of a muscle running down their length.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Henry J. Slack
The creature itself stands upon a retractile foot-stalk, and thrusts out above its battlements a large head, with four leaf-like expansions surrounded by cilia.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Henry J. Slack
The under side of the tarsus is completely covered with hair, and the claws are longer and less retractile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
