Definition of Protractile

1. Adjective. Able to be extended. "Protractile muscle"

Exact synonyms: Protractible
Similar to: Extensible, Extensile

Definition of Protractile

1. a. Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile.

Definition of Protractile

1. Adjective. That can be protracted (as a cat's claws) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Protractile

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protractile

protozoological
protozoologically
protozoologies
protozoologist
protozoologists
protozoology
protozoon
protozoons
protract
protracted
protractedly
protractedness
protracter
protracters
protractible
protractile (current term)
protracting
protraction
protractions
protractive
protractor
protractors
protracts
protrade
protreptic
protreptical
protreptics
protriptyline
protropin
protruberance

Literary usage of Protractile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... aquatic lizards of the Old World, with bifid, protractile tongue. See MONITOR LIZARDS. 10. .... protractile ..."

2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"... not protractile; snout conic, pig-like, projecting; ventral fins separated by a space equal to the width of their base; on median line below a line of ..."

3. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"Maxillary with a minute barbel placed before its tip; premax- illaries protractile; teeth, 2, 4-5, 2, without grinding surface; caudal tin symmetrical ..."

4. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"Mouth singular, the upper lip not protractile, greatly enlarged, the lower lip developed as ... Mouth smaller, more or less inferior, protractile downward, ..."

5. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"Mouth very protractile : scales cycloid; all the teeth equal and very small 23. ... Mouth very protractile; upper jaw with a pair of canines ; the lower ..."

6. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"Mouth very protractile : scales cycloid ; all the teeth equal and very small 23. ... Mouth very protractile; upper jaw with a pair of canines; ..."

7. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1883)
"Head long, de- Mouth rather large, the lower jaw projecting ; premaxilla- long, scarcely protractile, forming the entire margin of the upper Jaw. ..."

8. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the by David Starr Jordan (1878)
"Kh. Vomerine teeth present; dorsals contiguous, but distinct; the spinous dorsal short; max. protractile; the mouth rather small, horizontal, ..."

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