exsert

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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

It follows that when the whole instrument is exserted, we perceive a long membranous flexible tube hanging down from the labium, and along the walls of this tube the setiform mandibles and maxillæ in the shape of long narrow bands of chitine. — Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses, A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth

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