extensile
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Three thousand of them, for a single meal, he has been known to lick out of a hill with his long, round, extensile, sticky tongue.
From Birds Every Child Should Know by Neltje Blanchan
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
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 strong claws make a hole in the side of the ant-hill, and the insects are collected on the extensile tongue.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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 David Starr Jordan
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