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protrudable en · ADJ

Etymology

From protrude + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That may protrude or be protruded.
    • The males, and rarely the females, of many kinds of bats have glands and protrudable sacks situated in various parts; and it is believed that these are odoriferous. 1874, Charles Darwin, “Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals—continued”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], 2nd edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Part II (Sexual Selection), page 529: