extensile

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Tongue long, pointed and extensile, though to a less degree than in the anteaters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

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

It has an excessively long, slender muzzle, and a worm-like, extensile tongue.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas

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 Jordan, David Starr

An extensile landscape, with a road on the L; overhung with foliage.

From Cromwell by Richards, Alfred B.