porrect
extending horizontally; projecting.
Origin of porrect
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How to use porrect in a sentence
The eyes are naked; the palpi are compressed, only slightly porrect, not densely covered with scales.
The Butterfly Book | William Jacob HollandThe palpi are very heavily clothed with hairs, the last joint quite long and porrect.
The Butterfly Book | William Jacob HollandThe palpi are porrect, the third joint almost concealed in the dense hairy vestiture of the second joint.
The Butterfly Book | William Jacob HollandThe palpi are stout, the apical joint very slender, elongated, and porrect.
The Butterfly Book | William Jacob HollandNares concav ad medium rostri porrect, membran tect, inter rictum et apicem longo fissu aperientes.
Zoological Illustrations, Volume I | William Swainson
British Dictionary definitions for porrect
/ (pəˈrɛkt) /
botany extended forwards
Origin of porrect
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