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

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 bells or cups are not, as might be fancied from a casual inspection, open like wineglasses at the top, but furnished with a retractile disk or cover, on which the cilia are arranged.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.

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)

The members of the Cat Tribe have retractile claws.

From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Ghosh, Sarath Kumar