a. [f. L. ēmiss- ppl. stem of ēmittĕre to send forth: see -ILE, and cf. missile.] That is capable of being thrust out or protruded.
1732. in Bailey.
1775. in Ash.
1848. J. Wilkinson, Swedenborg’s Anim. Kingd., I. i. 28. The emissile and retractile cornua … in snails.
1856–8. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 191. Tubule of mouth emissile.
