exsertile

exsertile
(entrée créée par le supplément)
(èk-sèr-ti-l') adj.
Terme d'histoire naturelle. Se dit d'un organe qui est susceptible de faire saillie hors du corps d'un animal, hors d'une fleur, d'un bourgeon.
   Dérivé de exsert (voy. exsert).

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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  • exsertile — ● exsertile adjectif Se dit d un organe capable de faire saillie au dehors par dévagination. exsertile [ɛksɛʀtil] ou exsert, erte [ɛksɛʀ, ɛʀt] adj. ÉTYM. 1878, exsertile, Larousse, Premier Suppl.; exsert, erte, 1846, Bescherell …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Exsertile — Ex*sert ile, a. (Biol.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded. J. Fleming. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exsertile — (ˈ)ek|sərd.əl, rˌtīl, r(ˌ)til adjective : capable of being exserted the highly exsertile tongue of this snake …   Useful english dictionary

  • exsertile — adj. [L. exsertus, projecting] Capable of being exerted or extruded …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • exsertile — /ek serr tl, tuyl, til/, adj. Biol. capable of being exserted or protruded. [1820 30; < F exertile. See EXSERT, ILE] * * * …   Universalium

  • exsertile — ex·ser·tile …   English syllables

  • exsertile — /ɛkˈsɜtaɪl/ (say ek sertuyl) adjective capable of being exserted or protruded, as a lizard s tongue …  

  • exsert — exsertile [ɛksɛʀtil] ou exsert, erte [ɛksɛʀ, ɛʀt] adj. ÉTYM. 1878, exsertile, Larousse, Premier Suppl.; exsert, erte, 1846, Bescherelle; du lat. exsertus « tiré hors de ». ❖ ♦ Zool., bot. Qui fait saillie au dehors; qui dépasse les parties… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Vermilingues — Vermilinguia Ver mi*lin gui*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. vermis worm + lingua tongue.] [Called also {Vermilingues}.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vermilinguia — Ver mi*lin gui*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. vermis worm + lingua tongue.] [Called also {Vermilingues}.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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