retractile
Example Sentences
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Tentacular arms long, not retractile; resisting apparatus well developed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
A short distance behind the head were two tremendous reddish-brown fins, with strong supporting spines that seemed to terminate in retractile claws.
From The Terror from the Depths by Wright, Sewell Peaslee
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 genital and anal somites are not retractile within the last leg-bearing somite, and the gonopods typically persist in the male as small two-jointed appendages and in the female as jointed or unjointed sclerites.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Once upon a time, many, many hundred years ago, the dog did use its claws; they were then retractile.
From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Ghosh, Sarath Kumar
