follico

follĭco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. [id.], to expand and contract one's self like a pair of bellows (post-Aug. and rare):

animalia follicent,

Veg. Vet. 5, 75, 1.—Usu. in the part. praes.:

muli senes... follicantes nares languidas,

App. M. 9, p. 222:

chamaeleon oscitans vescitur, follicans ruminat,

Tert. Pall. 3:

laxae manicae, caligae follicantes,

loose, Hier. Ep. 22, 34.