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Definition of protrusile - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅tru⋅sile

  [proh-troo-sil, -sahyl, pruh-]
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–adjective
capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
Origin:
1840–50; < L prōtrūs(us) (ptp. of prōtrūdere to protrude ) + -ile
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pro·tru·sile   (prō-trōō'səl, -sīl')   
adj.  Capable of being thrust outward, as the proboscis of many insects.

[Latin prōtrūsus, past participle of prōtrūdere, to protrude; see protrude + -ile1.]
pro'tru·sil'i·ty (prō'trōō-sĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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