extensile
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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
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
Ampulla: Orthoptera; an extensile sac between head and prothorax used by the young in escaping from oötheca, and later, in molting: Heteroptera; a blister-like enlargement at the middle of the anterior margin of the pro-thorax.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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 William Harvey
The mouth is small and tubular, furnished with a long extensile tongue.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
