as in swollen
sticking out from a surface usually with a curved or rounded shape
Lemurs are known for their protuberant eyes.
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Recent Examples of protuberant
And the rear of the case is deeper to accommodate a protuberant rear camera—hinting that the next iPad will see a big camera upgrade.
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David Phelan,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2022
His eyesight was failing and his eyes were bloodshot and protuberant.
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Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Sep. 2022
On another branch nearby was an Oustalet’s chameleon the size of a rabbit, rotating one of its protuberant eyeballs in stop-and-start circles.
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Dyan MacHan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2022
Tourists were free to go to Gibraltar, which is literally a bright spot—an anomalous British territory on a headland on the sunny southern coast of Spain, just over a tenth of the area of Manhattan, most of which is protuberant rock.
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Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 May 2021
Meanwhile, Angela is carrying on with protuberant tennis pro Tony Parker (Andrew Carter), who becomes the object of lust to both Edith and Angela's gay son, Lance (Tom DeTrinis).
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F. Kathleen Foley,
latimes.com,
17 May 2018
David Phelan,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2022
His eyesight was failing and his eyes were bloodshot and protuberant.
—
Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Sep. 2022
On another branch nearby was an Oustalet’s chameleon the size of a rabbit, rotating one of its protuberant eyeballs in stop-and-start circles.
—
Dyan MacHan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2022
Tourists were free to go to Gibraltar, which is literally a bright spot—an anomalous British territory on a headland on the sunny southern coast of Spain, just over a tenth of the area of Manhattan, most of which is protuberant rock.
—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 May 2021
Meanwhile, Angela is carrying on with protuberant tennis pro Tony Parker (Andrew Carter), who becomes the object of lust to both Edith and Angela's gay son, Lance (Tom DeTrinis).
—
F. Kathleen Foley,
latimes.com,
17 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protuberant
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While premium seats offer more room to stretch out, long periods of sitting can still leave your feet and ankles feeling swollen, especially on international flights.
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The two-way star, who turns 32 on Sunday, spoke Friday night with a heavy bandage on his swollen left knee to go with his usual ice wrap around his pitching arm.
Adjective
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Late Thursday night, the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection released its final report, a bulging 845-page account of a months-long effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Bubbling up and around these walls are 1,062 triangular glass panes shaped to look like a bulging, misshapen geodesic dome.
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“Protuberant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protuberant. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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