Retractile claws

Retractile claws
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  • retractile — adjective Date: 1777 capable of being drawn back or in < retractile claws > • retractility noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • retractile — [ri trak′təl, ri trak′tīl΄] adj. [Fr rétractile] 1. that can be retracted, or drawn back or in: said as of the claws of a cat 2. of retraction [retractile power] retractility [rē΄trak til′ə tē] n …   English World dictionary

  • Retractile — Re*tract ile (r[ e]*tr[=a]kt [i^]l), a. [Cf. F. r[ e]tractile.] (Physiol.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • retractile — adjective That can be retracted (as a cats claws) …   Wiktionary

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  • claw — I n. 1) to retract one s claws (cats retract their claws) 2) sharp claws 3) nonretractile; retractile claws II v. (d; tr.) to claw to (to claw one s way to the top) * * * [klɔː] retractile claws nonretractile sharp claws to retract one s claws… …   Combinatory dictionary

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  • linsang — /lin sang/, n. any of several civetlike carnivores of the genera Prionodon, of the East Indies, and Poiana, of Africa, having retractile claws and a long tail: some East Indies linsangs are endangered. [1880 85; < Javanese lingsang] * * * ▪… …   Universalium

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