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.

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

It had a long extensile tongue, furnished with a glutinous mucous for securing its insect food.

From In the Wilds of Africa by Pearse, Alfred

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

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.