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—Thick and moderately everted lips occur in nearly half the series.

From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Gabel, Norman E.

V. Tufted Muntjacs, Genus Elaphodus.—Nearly related to the last, but the antlers still smaller, with shorter pedicles and divergent frontal ridges; upper canines of male not everted at the tips.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

The function of the everted filament is probably to secure the attachment of the spore to the epithelium of the new host.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The face is fairly broad, with prominent cheek-bones and brow ridges; the low broad nose has spreading alae and short concave ridge; the lips are thick but not everted.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

The lips instead of being everted were in parallel planes—those, namely, of the top and bottom of the net.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various