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retractile

[ri-trak-til] / rɪˈtræk tɪl /


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The reader will remember that in the Vorticella previously described, the bells stood upon stalks that were very flexible, and retractile by means of a muscle running down their length.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.

The claws are large, strongly curved, compressed, very sharp, and exhibit the retractile condition in the highest degree.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

Mantle oval, covering the head and the greater part of the body; anterior tentacles, ill-developed; branchiae generally retractile.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

The single prosthomere carries the retractile tentacles as its “parapodia.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

Once upon a time, many, many hundred years ago, the dog did use its claws; they were then retractile.

From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Ghosh, Sarath Kumar



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