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eversible

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[ih-vur-suh-buhl] / ɪˈvɜr sə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being everted.


Other Word Forms

  • uneversible adjective

Etymology

Origin of eversible

1875–80; < Latin ēversus (past participle of ēvertere to overturn, evert ) + -ible

Example Sentences

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The buccal region is unarmed and not eversible.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Parapodia hardly projecting; palps of prosomium forming branched gills; no pharynx or eversible buccal region; no septa in thorax, septa in abdomen regularly disposed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

The eversible sacs on the abdominal segments are shown, some protruded and some retracted.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Alimentary canal rarely coiled, occasionally with glands which are simple caeca and sometimes serve as air reservoirs; jaws often present and an eversible pharynx.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Osmaterium -ia: fleshy, tubular, eversible processes producing a penetrating odor, capable of being projected through a slit in the prothoracic segment of certain Papilionid caterpillars, and from openings elsewhere in the bodies of other forms.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.