ppl. a. Biol. [f. prec. + -ED1.] Stretched forth or out; thrust out from (or as from) a sheath, projecting beyond the surrounding parts. Exserted sting, etc.: one that cannot be drawn within the body.
1816. Kirby & Sp., Entomol. (1843), I. 95. One with a concealed sting and … another … with a very long exserted one. Ibid. (1826), (1828), IV. xliv. 223. One of those Ichneumons that have an exserted ovipositor.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 67. Stamens long, exserted.
