retractile
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Most species have sharp, curved claws, often retractile between some of the lamellae or into a special sheath.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
The brownish fins were rigid as metal, the retractile claws unsheathed and cruelly curved.
From The Terror from the Depths by Wright, Sewell Peaslee
That this may be more perfectly accomplished, these arms are studded along their inner surface with rows of sucking discs, in each of which, by means of a retractile piston, a vacuum can be produced.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
Herpestes, her-pes′tez, n. the typical genus of ichneumons or mongooses of the sub-family Herpestin�, viverroid carnivores, having straight toes, claws not retractile.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The members of the Cat Tribe have retractile claws.
From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Ghosh, Sarath Kumar
