a. Biol. [a. F. exsertile, f. L. type *exsertilis, f. exserĕre: see EXSERT and -ILE.] Capable of being exserted.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 340. Ovipositor articulated, interior, exsertile, and terminated in a sharp point.
1839. Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 990/1. In some instances we find long, exsertile … organs.
1869. Gillmore, Reptiles & Birds, iii. 99. The tongue is elongate, forked, and exsertile.
