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B, The same, partially everted by eversion of the sides, as in the Nemertine proboscis and Gastropod eye-tentacle = pleurecbolic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Globose bodies, vertical or slightly everted collars tooled in a series of ridged bands, with tooled rims at top.

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

The lip is protruded, the mucous membrane everted, and, when the lower lip is implicated, it becomes pendulous and is liable to ulcerate.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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

It is a powerful muscular organ, of great size in proportion to the animal, capable of complete retraction within the carapace, and of being everted wholly, or partially, at will.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.