Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retractile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retractile \Re*tract"ile\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retractile
adj : capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats
have retractile claws" [ant: {nonretractile}]
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