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By next morning every larva was fixed to the glass and had everted its two polypides.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

The lips instead of being everted were in parallel planes—those, namely, of the top and bottom of the net.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

Straight, everted sides, flat rims, with slightly raised edges, one small flat loop handle secured to rim.

From North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century by Watkins, C. Malcolm

The everted hemipenis reaches posteriorly to the eighth subcaudal scale.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John

The edges were thick and everted, and surrounded with an erysipelatous inflammation.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin