pleurembolicadj.
/ˌplʊərɛmˈbɒlɪk/, /ˌplɔːrɛmˈbɒlɪk/, U.S. /ˌplʊrˌɛmˈbɑlɪk/ Zoology.
Of an eversible organ, as the proboscis of a gastropod mollusc: withdrawn from the everted position by muscles attached to its sides rather than its tip (so that the tip is the last part to be introverted).
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > extended or extendable > retractable
pleurembolic1883
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [adjective] > of tentacles
pleurecbolic1883
pleurembolic1883
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of other parts of
pedal1625
sinistral1803
lingual1826
byssiferous1835
pallial1836
metapodal1853
byssal1854
boreal1856
branchio-parietal1856
odontophorous1870
odontophoral1877
branchio-pallial1880
lentigerous1883
osphradial1883
pleurecbolic1883
pleurembolic1883
byssogenous1886
ctenidial1888
metapodial1890
pseudofaecal1953
1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 652/2 The Gastropod's introvert is pleurembolic (and therefore acrecbolic).
1987 Jrnl. Zool. 211 512 Bullia, a genus [of gastropod] in which the proboscis is pleurembolic.
1996 Jrnl. Nat. Hist. 30 1095 Jorunna is still separable from Kentrodoris in having a pleurembolic penis (an ensheathed muscular glans when retracted).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1883