protractile
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tɪl, -taɪl, prə- adjective
capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
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protractile or (less commonly) protractible (prəˈtræktaɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| able to be extended or protruded: protractile muscle | |
| protractible or (less commonly) protractible | |
| —adj | |
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Protractile
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Medical Dictionary
protractile pro·trac·tile (prō-trāk'təl, -tīl', prə-) or pro·tract·i·ble (-tə-bəl)
adj.
That can be protracted; extensible, as of a limb.
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Example sentences
They have small protractile mouths and a continuous dorsal fin.
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