[f. L. exsect- ppl. stem of exsecāre (see prec.) + -ILE.] Capable of being cut out.
1861. Hulme, trans. Moquin-Tandon, II. III. ii. 88. The [Coral] polyps … consist of a globular portion which is fixed, and of a free exsectile cylindrical portion terminated by a mouth.
