extensible
[ik-sten-suh-buh l]
- capable of being extended.
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Origin of extensible
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They have a large siphon and a fairly large and extensible proboscis.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tideAugusta Foote Arnold
The caissons of these sets carried 24-inch lights on extensible towers.
America's Munitions 1917-1918Benedict Crowell
Tongue long, extensible, terminated by cartilaginous fibres.
Zoological Illustrations, Volume IWilliam Swainson
A long, glutinous, extensible tongue hung out of its mouth, and fished up the ants that constituted its principal food.
In Search of the CastawaysJules Verne
The tongue is very long and extensible, but flat and little fibrous at the end, exactly like the true Paradiseas.
The Malay ArchipelagoAlfred Russell Wallace
extensible
extensile (ɪkˈstɛnsaɪl)
- capable of being extended
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