extensile
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The object of this extensile head is seen when one finds the larvae feeding upon the fruits or the seed-pods of its various food plants—hawthorn, hop, hound's-tongue, and St. John's-wort.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.
Most of the caterpillars have oval, slug-shaped, smooth bodies, with the under surface flattened, and very small heads, which in many species can be extended by means of an extensile neck.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.
It is, in reality, an ant-eater, with the body of a porcupine, having a long slender snout and an extensile tongue, just like that of other ant-eaters.
From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William
Omitting these, there are among the larger species, seventeen which are brown, of which twelve are hairy, and two have extensile caudal filaments.
From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by Jordan, David Starr
It lacks the long, extensile tongue which enables the other species to probe the winding galleries of wood-eating larvæ.
From Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 1897 by Various
