extensile
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of extensile
First recorded in 1735–45; extens(ion) + -ile
Example Sentences
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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
The mouth is small and tubular, furnished with a long extensile tongue.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Bill shorter than the head, straight, conical; tongue long and extensile; nostrils without bristles, partly closed by a membrane; wings with the second primary somewhat the longest; tail-feathers soft and flexible.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
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
It has an excessively long slender muzzle, and a wormlike extensile tongue.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
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