invaginable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of invaginable
First recorded in 1885–90; invagin(ate) + -able
Example Sentences
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The head bears a single pair of contractile but not invaginable tentacles, at the base of which are the eyes.
From Project Gutenberg
Pulmonata with two pairs of tentacles, except Janellidae and Vertigo; these tentacles are invaginable, and the eyes are borne on the summits of the posterior pair.
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The great proboscis of Balanoglossus may well be compared to the invaginable organ similarly placed in the Nemertines.
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