extensile

extensile
adj. \/ekˈstensaɪl\/, \/ɪkˈstensaɪl\/
1) som kan strekkes ut, uttrekkbar, som kan utvides
2) som kan skyves frem, som kan stikkes ut, utskytbar
this creature has an extensile tongue
dette vesenet har en tunge som kan skyves frem

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  • Extensile — Ex*ten silea. Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • extensile — adjective Date: 1744 extensible …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • extensile — adj. [L. ex, out of; tendere, to stretch] Capable of being extended, stretched or spread …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • extensile — /ik sten seuhl, suyl/, adj. Chiefly Zool., Anat. capable of being extended; adapted for stretching out; extensible; protrusible. [1735 45; EXTENS(ION) + ILE] * * * …   Universalium

  • extensile — adjective extensible …   Wiktionary

  • extensile — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Capable of being extended or expanded: expansible, expansile, extendible, extensible, protractile, stretch, stretchable. See INCREASE …   English dictionary for students

  • extensile — adj. may be protruded or extended, stretchable, extensible, may be pulled out to a greater length …   English contemporary dictionary

  • extensile — [ɪk stɛnsʌɪl, ɛk ] adjective capable of being extended …   English new terms dictionary

  • extensile — a. Extensible, extendible …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • extensile — ex·ten·sile …   English syllables

  • extensile — /ɛkˈstɛnsaɪl / (say ek stensuyl) adjective Chiefly Zoology, Anatomy capable of being extended; adapted for stretching out; extensible; protrusible …  

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