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Pluroderes :: Pluroderes (n. pl.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example..

Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..

Retracted :: Retracted (imp. & p. p.) of Retrac.

Retractile :: Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.

Recantation :: Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

Recant :: Recant (v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall..

Withdrawer :: Withdrawer (n.) One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) One who, or that which, retracts..

Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.

Guttural :: Guttural (n.) A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound..

Retractable :: Retractable (a.) Capable of being retracted; retractile.

Rhachiglossa :: Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append..

Recant :: Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant..

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..

Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..

Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges..

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