Cats have retractile claws. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The members of the Cat Tribe have retractile claws. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
Claw marks are present, but he thinks they appear retractile. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
· Perineal anomalies, retractile scars from previous deliveries. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The cat's claws are of course retractile, as I have just described to you. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
A retractile spring can be adjusted to cause cut-off at any required current. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889] Reference
Cocardes: retractile vesicular bodies on each side of the thorax in certain Malachidae. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Once upon a time, many, many hundred years ago, the dog did use its claws; they were then retractile. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
The "student of Slavers" was running his padded, retractile-clawed hands over the sphere-with-a-handle. From Wordnik.com. [Neutron Star]
Surmounting those massive shoulders there was an armored, slightly retractile neck which bore the heavily-armored 'thinking' head. From Wordnik.com. [Masters Of The Vortex]
When he clambered up on the rostrum they extended their audio-appendages and retractile fingers and accorded him a round of applause. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
The tall, lupine creature jumped to the ground from behind Tarma where he'd been clinging to the special pad with his retractile claws. From Wordnik.com. [The Oathbound]
“Phimosis” is not a “stuck foreskin” it is a foreskin that is non-retractile because the foreskin opening or sphincter is not elastic. From Wordnik.com. [Neonatal Circumcision (Controversy? Who, Moi?)] Reference
In the open again, and when I hesitate if it be clover, a touch on the leaves, and its fine sense and retractile action betrays its identity at once. From Wordnik.com. [Vailima Letters] Reference
One of its forelimbs came through the thick cloak of fur, four-fingered paw raised, slashing retractile claws extended, reaching out almost playfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Federation Of The Hub]
Curved silver-tipped horns marked his knees and elbows, and his huge hands, human in design, nonetheless showed eight retractile claws at the knuckles. From Wordnik.com. [Neutron Star]
Even unconscious, she lay with a boneless grace that echoed the cat theme, and her retractile fingernails were filed to sharp points, like a cat's claws. From Wordnik.com. [Winds Of Fate]
Things that were terrible enough at the time appear to us now as they recede into the past through a thickening, highly retractile veil of grotesqueness and picturesque absurdity. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
Sheaths his retractile claws, and drinks the song. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
Sheathes his retractile claws, and drinks the song. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the English Poets]
Scaly portion of tongue cordate behind, and non-retractile. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
The mouth is very retractile, and the aperture is shaped as in ordinary leeches. From Wordnik.com. [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
They are not tree-climbers, as their claws are not sufficiently retractile for that. From Wordnik.com. [The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family] Reference
The mimosa, when too long exposed to each rude touch, loses its retractile sensibility. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 08] Reference
The arteries are highly elastic, being extensile and retractile both in length and breadth. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
All dogs, wild or tame, walk upon their toes with a firm, elastic gait, and their toes are not retractile. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals] Reference
Nor was there yet any foot like that of the cats, with sharp retractile claws adapted to seizing and tearing the prey. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
The body is elongate, slightly narrowed anteriorly, and drawn out posteriorly into a long, retractile, tail-like portion. From Wordnik.com. [Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901] Reference
His retractile heart moodily withdrew, its throbs quietened ... ". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Her apocalyptic style has something retractile, which retreats and shuts itself up all the more when one will open it. ". From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
Gathering the air up with retractile claws. From Wordnik.com. [Inferno [Hell]. Canto XVII] Reference
Mould with retractile glue their spongy beds. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
He also said it wasn't retractile. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Gath'ring the air up with retractile claws. From Wordnik.com. [Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete] Reference
(Caput retractile intra tho - racem. From Wordnik.com. [Characteres generum insectorum, variis cum adnotationibus] Reference
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