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 Zwecker, Johann Baptist
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.
The first somite has become a prosthomere, and carries a pair of extensile antennae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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.
An extensile landscape, with a road on the L; overhung with foliage.
From Cromwell by Richards, Alfred B.
