porrect

[puh-rekt, paw-]

adjective

extending horizontally; projecting.

Origin of porrect

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

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Examples from the Web for porrect

Historical Examples of porrect

Shell ovate-conical, brownish olive; whorls armed with porrect tubular spines, enclosing setaceous bristles.
Zoological Illustrations, or Original Figures and Descriptions. Volume I, Second Series
William Swainson
The palpi are very heavily clothed with hairs, the last joint quite long and porrect.
The Butterfly Book
William Jacob Holland
The palpi are porrect, the third joint almost concealed in the dense hairy vestiture of the second joint.
The Butterfly Book
William Jacob Holland
The palpi are stout, the apical joint very slender, elongated, and porrect.
The Butterfly Book
William Jacob Holland

British Dictionary definitions for porrect

porrect

adjective

botany extended forwards

Word Origin for porrect

C20: from Latin porrectus, from porrigere to stretch out

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