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protrudable

protrudable adjective: that may protrude or be protruded.

Adjective

protrudable (not comparable)

  1. 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...

Origin of protrudable

From protrude + -able.

Questions about protrudable

What does protrudable mean?
Protrudable means that may protrude or be protruded.
What part of speech is protrudable?
Protrudable is an adjective.

Words near protrudable in the dictionary

  1. protron
  2. protropin
  3. protruberance
  4. protruberances
  5. protruberant
  6. protrudable
  7. protrude
  8. protruded
  9. protrudent
  10. protruder
  11. protruders

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