extensile
Americanadjective
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Origin of extensile
First recorded in 1735–45; extens(ion) + -ile
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Most of the caterpillars have oval, slug-shaped, smooth bodies, with the under surface flattened, and very small heads, which in many species can be extended by means of an extensile neck.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.
The only other North American birds that have a tongue built upon this plan are the hummingbirds, in which also it is extensile.
From The Woodpeckers by Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy
This, together with the long extensile tongue—which is flat shaped and square at the extremity—shows a peculiar design, answering to the habits of the animal.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
Three thousand of them, for a single meal, he has been known to lick out of a hill with his long, round, extensile, sticky tongue.
From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje
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
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