retractile
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The thoracic vertebrae number 13; the feet are digitigrade, with five front and four hind toes, of which the claws are retractile; and the metatarsus is haired all round.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
The claws are large, strongly curved, compressed, very sharp, and exhibit the retractile condition in the highest degree.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Herpestes, her-pes′tez, n. the typical genus of ichneumons or mongooses of the sub-family Herpestin�, viverroid carnivores, having straight toes, claws not retractile.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The brownish fins were rigid as metal, the retractile claws unsheathed and cruelly curved.
From The Terror from the Depths by Wright, Sewell Peaslee
That this may be more perfectly accomplished, these arms are studded along their inner surface with rows of sucking discs, in each of which, by means of a retractile piston, a vacuum can be produced.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
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