extensile
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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
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 Clarence M. Weed
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 William Harvey
There are no teeth; and although the tongue is long and worm-like, it is not extensile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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 Robert Armitage Sterndale
