extensile
111flexible — [adj1] pliable, bendable adjustable, bending, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, flexile, formable, formative, impressionable, like putty*, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliant, soft, spongy, springy, stretch, stretchable,… …
112extensible — [ek sten′səl, ik sten′səlek sten′sə bəl, iksten′sə bəl] adj. [Fr < ML extensibilis < L extensus, pp. of extendere] that can be extended: also extensile [ek sten′səl, ik sten′səl] extensibility n …
113protractible — adjective able to be extended protractile muscle • Syn: ↑protractile • Similar to: ↑extensile, ↑extensible …
114protrusible — adjective capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue • Syn: ↑protrusile • Similar to: ↑extensile, ↑extensible • Derivationally related forms: ↑protrude …
115web-toed salamander — noun any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces • Hypernyms: ↑salamander • Hyponyms: ↑Shasta salamander, ↑Hydromantes shastae, ↑limestone… …
116glossophaga — ̷ ̷ˈsäfəgə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from gloss + phaga : a genus of small So. American bats (family Phyllostomatidae) having a long extensile tongue apparently used to scoop out the inside of fruits …
117inextensile — “+ adjective Etymology: in (I) + extensile : not extensible …
118plagiopatagium — |plājēō+ noun (plural plagiopatagia) Etymology: New Latin, from plagi + patagium : an extensile membrane connecting the forelimb and hind limb (as of a bat or flying squirrel) and used when spread in flying or gliding …
119ex|ten|sile — «ehk STEHN suhl», adjective. 1. that can be stuck out: »extensile claws. 2. = extensible. (Cf. ↑extensible) …
