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What does protractile mean?

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Adjective
  1. That can be protracted (as a cat's claws)
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Trap termites using their long protractile tongues, which are covered with a thick, sticky saliva.
Ponyfish have a very protractile mouth, a phenomenon which can be demonstrated by squeezing the head, when the mouth will shoot forward.
Should we not call it a protrusible or protractile or even a protrusive roof?
Balbiani describes the buccal cavity as containing a protractile stylet.
Lips were fleshy and not protractile, being the superior larger than the inferior.
Wrasses characteristically have a protractile mouth, cycloid scales, and a single continuous dorsal fin lacking an obvious notch between the soft and spiny portions.

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