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By next morning every larva was fixed to the glass and had everted its two polypides.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

The foot is everted, its inner side resting on the ground.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

The lip is protruded, the mucous membrane everted, and, when the lower lip is implicated, it becomes pendulous and is liable to ulcerate.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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

Within the thorax, there are some longitudinal muscles, without transverse stri�, which, I believe, enter the short limbs, but not the abdomen, as I infer from the latter not being everted when they are pulled.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles