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introversible, a.|ɪntrəʊˈvɜːsɪb(ə)l|
[f. *intrōvers-, ppl. stem of assumed L. *intrōvertĕre + -ible: cf. reversible.]
Capable of being introverted or drawn within, as the finger of a glove.
1883E. Ray Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 652/1 (Mollusca) An alternately introversible and eversible tube connected with an animal's body. 1885Ibid. XIX. 432/1 (Polyzoa) Muscular fibre-cells..are attached at three different levels to the soft introversible portion of the body, and by their retraction pull it in three folds or telescopic joints into the capacious hinder part of the body.
Hence introversiˈbility.
1885E. Ray Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 439/2 The telescopic introversibility of the anterior region of the body is greatly developed. |