dilatable
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The first three segments behind the head were dilatable at the will of the insect, and had on each side a large black pupillated spot, which resembled the eye of the reptile.
From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace
Its fibrous envelope must, as far as possible, be preserved intact, but this interferes the less with the operation, as it is comparatively freely dilatable.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
Again, an inquirer might ask, If it is so dilatable, why should we run the risk of cutting the prostate at all?
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved teeth, but they had paddlelike feet.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg
Many birds have the œsophagus or the skin of the neck more or less dilatable, but in no known bird is it so dilatable as in the pouter pigeon.
From On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart
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