This is typically a protrusible penis-like structure that may be armed with hooks. From Wordnik.com. [Platyhelminthes] Reference
She eats bugs & catches them by sight, smell or by tasting them with her protrusible, deeply forked tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Autotomous Penes & Endless War] Reference
Everybody loves a good protrusible sensory tentacle. From Wordnik.com. [Londonist] Reference
The protrusible tongue, ending in a sticky club, can be shot out for about seven inches in the common chameleon. From Wordnik.com. [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference
The bulk of the animal is marked VM; the eye is shown at E; a hood is marked H; round the mouth there are numerous lobes (L) bearing protrusible tentacles, some of which are shown. From Wordnik.com. [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference
And new discoveries, like rotational feeding, maternal dermatophagy, protrusible eyes and hydrostatic locomotion, have brought caecilians to the widespread attention of biologists. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Modern caecilians evolved from limbed ancestors and have several peculiar adaptations, including a pair of protrusible sensory tentacles, eyes covered by skin and/or bone, and scales embedded in pockets within the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Londonist] Reference
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