Lexicographical Neighbors of Exserting
Literary usage of Exserting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1856)
"The latter has some, although a very limited, power of locomotion ; which is
effected by exserting its pseudopodia to their full length, attaching itself by ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... absence of insect-visitors, the five stamens bend outwards simultaneously with
the opening of the stigma, exserting their anthers and hiding them under ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"... although a very limited, power of locomotion; which is effected by exserting
its pseudopodia to thcir full length, attaching itself by them to a piece ..."
4. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"Stamens 4. inserted in the throat or tube of the corolla, the linear anthers
affixed to short filaments at their Kicks, enclosed, or exserting the pointed ..."
5. An Introduction to Entomology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of by William Kirby, William Spence (1846)
"The last or anal joint of the body very minute ; exserting two short, filiform
horns, or rather respiratory organs. I could discover, in this animal, ..."
6. The Conchologist's Text-book: Embracing the Arrangements of Lamarck and by Thomas Brown (1853)
"... less resistance to the liquid, and when it reaches the surface, the animal,
by exserting its arms, restores it to a proper position for its voyage. ..."
7. The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of by Thomas Belt (1888)
"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 ..."
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