extensile

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   capable of being stretched, extended, or protruded, especially as an anatomical structure

   The anteater gathered insects with its long extensile tongue.

Formed from extension or Latin extensus, 'stretched out,' + -ile, a suffix expressing capacity. Zoologists use it particularly for organs such as tongues that can be projected outward.

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