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retractile

 
Dictionary: re·trac·tile   (rĭ-trăk'tĭl, -tīl') pronunciation
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adj.
That can be drawn back or in: the retractile claws of a cat.

retractility re'trac·til'i·ty (rē'trăk-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.

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Medical Dictionary: re·trac·tile
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(rĭ-trăk'tĭl, -tīl')
adj.

That can be drawn back or in, as the claws of a cat.

Veterinary Dictionary: retractile
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Capable of being drawn back.

WordNet: retractile
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back
  Antonym: nonretractile (meaning #1)

 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more