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extensile, a.|ɛkˈstɛnsaɪl, -ɪl|
[f. L. extens- ppl. stem of extendĕre to extend + -ile.]
1. Capable of being stretched out; extensible.
1744Armstrong Preserv. Health ii. 55 note, As these small vessels become solid, the larger must of course grow less extensile. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 603 It is connected with the neighbouring parts by an extensile cellular tissue. 1883Chamb. Jrnl. 131 The capsules of its [a child's] joints [are] more extensile than ours.
2. Of the tongue, a tentacle, etc.: Capable of being protruded.
1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) I. 125 The tongue [is] cylindrical and extensile. 1858T. R. Jones Aquar. Nat. 69 The Hydratuba..with thirty or more very extensile, flexible, slender tentacula. 1879Wallace Australas. iii. 56 A true honeysucker with an extensile tongue. |