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