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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective not able to be drawn into the main body; -- of claws and other extensile parts of animals or objects. Opposite of
retractile .
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- adjective Not
retractable .
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- adjective not capable of being retracted
Etymologies
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non- + retractable
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