Assertion: woodpecker's hyoid apparatus | /r/CapableOf | thrust the tongue
Facets:
value: like a spear
type: MANNER
value: out of the mouth
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Thus, the twin horns of a bird's hyoid serve only as an attachment site for muscles which actually originate in the lower jaw - contraction of these muscles pulls the horns, and the whole hyoid apparatus, forward and against the skull, thrusting the tongue out of the mouth like a spear.