Exserting

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  • v. Present participle of exsert.
    • Word Usage
    "The woodpecker, which has a similar extensile mechanism for exserting its tongue to a great length, also uses it to procure its food -- in its case soft grubs from holes in rotten trees -- and to enable it to pull these out, the end of the tongue is sharp and horny, and barbed with short stiff recurved bristles."
    Equivalent
    exserted   
    Verb Form
    exserted    exserting    exserts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gesticulate    gesture    motion   
    Hyponym
    hyperextend   
    Form
    exserted    exserting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    protrude   
     
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