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exserted |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exsert \Ex*sert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exserted}; p. pr & vb n. {Exserting}.] [See {Exsert}, a., {Exert}.] To thrust out to protrude; as some worms are said to exsert the proboscis. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exsert \Ex*sert"\, Exserted \Ex*sert"ed\, a. [L. exsertus p. p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See {Exert}.] Standing out projecting beyond some other part as exsert stamens. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. --D. H. Barnes.