extensile
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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 Indian tapir has a more powerful and extensile trunk than the American, and its skull shows in consequence a greater space for the attachment of the muscles.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
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
Tongue long, pointed and extensile, though to a less degree than in the anteaters.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
This genus has four molars less than the last, a shorter muzzle; the cheek-bones or zygomatic arch more projecting; tongue rather longer and more tapering, and slightly extensile.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
