retractile
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The pseudopods are retractile, the axial filament being absorbed as the filament grows shorter and thicker and disappearing when the pseudopod merges into the ectoplasm, to be reformed at the same time with the pseudopod.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The brownish fins were rigid as metal, the retractile claws unsheathed and cruelly curved.
From The Terror from the Depths by Sewell Peaslee Wright
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 Sarath Kumar Ghosh
The first section of the family, forming the subfamily Mustelinae, is typically characterized by the short and partially webbed toes, furnished with short, compressed, sharp, curved and often partially retractile claws.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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
