extensile

Historical Examples of extensile

• There are no teeth; and although the tongue is long and worm-like, it is not extensile.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10

  Various

• The tongue is long and extensile, and is much attenuated towards the tip, where it is covered with strong and recurved papillae.

  The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia

  Frank Evers Beddard

• It is really astonishing to see what large morsels they can dispose of with the assistance of their extensile mouths and stomachs.

  The Sea Shore

  William S. Furneaux

• It lacks the long, extensile tongue which enables the other species to probe the winding galleries of wood-eating larvæ.

  Birds Illustrated by Colour Photography, Vol II. No. 4, October, 1897

  Various

• The only other North American birds that have a tongue built upon this plan are the hummingbirds, in which also it is extensile.

  The Woodpeckers

  Fannie Hardy Eckstorm