extensile

Definitions of extensile
  1. adjective
    capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out
    “an extensile tongue”
    synonyms: extensible
    protractible, protractile
    able to be extended
    protrusible, protrusile
    capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue
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    antonyms:
    nonextensile
    not extensile
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