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The retractibility or elasticity of the animal fibre depends on the gluten; and of these fibres are composed the membranes muscles and bones.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus

His respiration became less easy; the retractibility of his organs no longer worked with as much ease as in the midst of an atmosphere more conveniently adapted for them.

From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules