Retractile

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:40:12

Re*tract"ile (?), a. [Cf. F. -r'etractile.] Physiol.

CApable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.

 

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