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What is the adjective for protruding?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb protrude which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

protrusive
  1. that protrudes; protruding
  2. rather conspicuous; obtrusive
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The new neighbor proved to be quite protrusive, always offering unsolicited advice and meddling in everyone's business.”
      “The protrusive cliffs offered a breathtaking view of the ocean.”
      “The protagonist's protrusive personality ensured that all eyes were on him during the press conference.”
protrusile
  1. Capable of being protruded.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Like pangolins, aardvarks have a long, protrusile tongue and a gizzard-like stomach.”
      “This slow, stealthy mode of swimming, coupled with their highly protrusile mouths, adapts them for stalking and engulfing prey.”
      “Most lampridiforms have highly protrusile jaws in which depression of the lower jaw dislocates the maxilla of the upper, so that it moves forward bodily, carrying the premaxilla with it.”
protrusible
  1. Capable of being protruded
  2. Examples:
    1. “Echidnas have long, protrusible, mucous-covered tongues that aid in the capture of prey.”
      “As soon as the whiskers pass over food, the protrusible mouth drops down with an elevator-like motion and rapidly sucks in its meal.”
      “These are trapped by the protrusible ciliated feeding tentacles, or lophophore.”
protrudable
  1. That may be protruded.
protruded
protruding
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