extensible

Tongue long, extensible, terminated by cartilaginous fibres.

The animal is able to open and close these holes at pleasure, by means of an extensible membrane, which acts as a sort of valve.

A useful bread-getting tool, this tongue of his,—a flexible, extensible spear.

The tongue is very long and extensible, but flat and little fibrous at the end, exactly like the true Paradiseas.