exsert
/ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)t/ verb, adjective
Forms exserts exserting exserted
- verb (transitive) To thrust out; to cause to protrude. “Some worms are said to exsert the proboscis.”
- adjective Standing out; projecting beyond some other part.
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Etymology
From Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch out or forth”). See exert.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens.
Etymology [L. exsertus, p.p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “exsert”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details