exsertedadj.
/ɛksˈsəːtɪd/ Biology.
Stretched forth or out; thrust out from (or as from) a sheath, projecting beyond the surrounding parts. exserted sting, etc.: one that cannot be drawn within the body.
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1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. App. 6 A very long exerted [1843 exserted] sting.]
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxi. 252 The way in which insects with an exserted sting fold it in the pupa seems not to have been noticed.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xliv. 223 One of those Ichneumons that have an exserted ovipositor.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 67 Stamens long, exserted.
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