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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-trak-til |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtræk tɪl |
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Définition of retractile
- As in claw : noun nail of animal; tool shaped like nail of an animal
- Tentacular -um: retractile processes on the larvae of Lepidoptera.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- The tongue of some Hymenoptera also is retractile within the mouth.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) » by William Kirby
- In Stenus this organ is retractile, and consists of two joints.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) » by William Kirby
- The vermiform and retractile tongue is also a most singular organ.
- Extract from : « Reptiles and Birds » by Louis Figuier
- The claws are not retractile, or at most semi-retractile as in the Panda.
- Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
- So the retractile wings were as good as eleven years ago—you hoped.
- Extract from : « West Of The Sun » by Edgar Pangborn
- The brownish fins were rigid as metal, the retractile claws unsheathed and cruelly curved.
- Extract from : « The Terror from the Depths » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
- And the reason for this is that a cat's claws are sharper than a dog's, and they are what are called "retractile."
- Extract from : « Rick and Ruddy » by Howard R. Garis
- These are not retractile, as in the land-snails, and their office appears to be that of sensory organs.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- It will be noted that Fulgur has a comparatively long and stout proboscis, or snout, which is not retractile.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
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