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Definition of Nonretractile
1. Adjective. Not capable of being retracted.
Definition of Nonretractile
1. Adjective. Not retractile. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonretractile
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonretractile
Literary usage of Nonretractile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin ... of the Geological and Natural History Survey by Chicago Academy of Sciences (1896)
"... is placed either at the end of a rostrum or in the body of the head; in the
former it is nonretractile. ..."
2. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"... a carnivorous mammal of the cat family, distinguished by its slender build,
long legs, and nonretractile claws. The general color is pale yellow, ..."
3. A Manual of modern surgery by John Bingham Roberts (1899)
"At the same time, the retraction of the cut end of the artery within the sheath
leaves a space between it and the wound in the nonretractile sheath, ..."
4. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1902)
"Colony consists of an upright stem with a few simple branches bearing tufts of
polype with nonretractile tentacular regions. ..."
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