retractile
Example Sentences
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The phenomenon is a purely physical synthetic reproduction of the phenomenon of coagulation, the cohesion figure being in fact a retractile clot.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
The genital somite is always small and sometimes retractile within the somite bearing the last pair of legs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
The Carchesium differs from the common Vorticella, by branching like a tree, but the stems are all retractile, although the trunk seldom exercises the power.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Henry J. Slack
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 cat's claws are of course retractile, as I have just described to you.
From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Sarath Kumar Ghosh
