porrect

American

[puh-rekt, paw-] / pəˈrɛkt, pɔ- /

adjective

extending horizontally; projecting.

porrect British

/ pəˈrɛkt /

adjective

botany extended forwards

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Etymology

Origin of porrect

1810–20; < Latin porrēctus (past participle of porrigere to stretch out), equivalent to por- forth, forward ( per, pro- ¹ ) + reg-, combining form of regere to rule, guide, direct + -tus past participle suffix

Example Sentences

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Nares concav� ad medium rostri porrect�, membran� tect�, inter rictum et apicem longo fissu aperientes.

From Project Gutenberg

Delitigate me not, O reader mine, If here you find not all like flies succinous; My hand is porrect—kindly take't in thine, While modestly my caput is declinous; Nor think that I sugescent motives have, In asking thee to read my chevisance.

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Porrect: stretched out forward: straightly prominent.

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Palpi porrect, short, not extending beyond the head; third joint elongate-conical, acute, about half the length of the second.

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Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the head.

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