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Meanings of protuberant in English

Curving outward.

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        1
        Such are the protuberant eyeballs, the prominent cheek-bones, the square, protruding chin.
        A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
        2
        For ways that was kittensome they were moderately active and abnormally protuberant.
        Remarks
        3
        Banneth's face had a male jawline, a blunt protuberant blade of bone.
        The Naked God
        4
        Right fundus examination revealed optic disc edema and protuberant nasal fundus.
        Pubmed
        5
        Such faces are still more embryonic when the forehead and eyes are protuberant.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
        6
        The protuberant or bulging lower lip is supposed to signify sensuality.
        The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
        7
        He pulled back Stanley's shirt-tails to reveal Stanley's soft, protuberant stomach.
        Death Trance
        8
        His forehead and protuberant white eyeballs were soon glistening nervously again.
        Catch-22
        9
        Huge slabs tipped with protuberant suggestions of amputated limbs, outlined in frozen fat.
        The Complete Alien Omnibus
        10
        She had white hair, iron-gray eyebrows, and protuberant eyes; her looks were unusually expressive.
        Little Novels
        11
        They were violet in colour, protuberant, and malevolent beyond words.
        A Maid of the Silver Sea
        12
        The swelling was clearly outlined, but neither sharp nor protuberant.
        Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend
        13
        His eyes were a little protuberant, his manner betokened awe.
        The Kingdom of the Blind
        14
        He wore huge, disfiguring spectacles, and he had the protuberant lips of a negro.
        The Devil's Paw
        15
        The breast-bone is remarkably protuberant, being abruptly bowed outwards.
        The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
        16
        The statuette, so overflowing and protuberant, is ritually invisible.
        Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
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