retractile
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When he clambered up on the rostrum they extended their audio-appendages and retractile fingers and accorded him a round of applause.
From The Servant Problem by Young, Robert F.
There is also in some genera a median retractile sensory papilla on the dorsal posterior surface above the rectum, not covered by the cuticle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
The members of the Cat Tribe have retractile claws.
From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Ghosh, Sarath Kumar
Decapoda.—Four pairs of ordinary non-retractile arms which are shorter than the body, and one pair of tentacular arms, situated between the third and fourth normal arms on each side and retractile within special pouches.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
The under side of the tarsus is completely covered with hair, and the claws are longer and less retractile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
