exsert

Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch out or forth”). See exert.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)t/

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exsert (third-person singular simple present exserts, present participle exserting, simple past and past participle exserted)

1. (transitive) To thrust out; to cause to protrude.

   Some worms are said to exsert the proboscis.

• exserted

exsert (comparative more exsert, superlative most exsert)

1. Standing out; projecting beyond some other part.

   exsert stamens

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• T-Rexes, T-rexes, T. Rexes, T. rexes, exerts, sexter