extensile
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Held immovable by the beam it lay upon the floor, a strangely extensile, amoeba-like, metal-studded mass of leathery substance.
From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
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
The only other North American birds that have a tongue built upon this plan are the hummingbirds, in which also it is extensile.
From The Woodpeckers by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Held immovable by the beam it lay upon the floor, a strangely extensile, amoeba-like metal-studded mass of leathery substance.
From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
This, together with the long extensile tongue—which is flat shaped and square at the extremity—shows a peculiar design, answering to the habits of the animal.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker
