Apparently, in some toad species, to have a protuberance on their backs was more advantageous than to have a smooth back.
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Protuberance
//pɹoʊˈtuːbəɹəns//
Synonyms for "protuberance" (63 found)
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51 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- نَاتِئ noun (Something that protrudes)
- نُتُوء noun (Something that protrudes)
Bulgarian
3 entries- издаденост noun (Something that protrudes)
- изпъкналост noun (Something that protrudes)
- подутина noun (Something that protrudes)
Catalan
1 entries- protuberància noun (Something that protrudes)
Czech
1 entries- výčnělek noun (Something that protrudes)
Dutch
3 entries- gezwel noun (Something that protrudes)
- uitgroeisel noun (Something that protrudes)
- uitwas noun (Something that protrudes)
Finnish
4 entries- paise noun (Something that protrudes)
- patti noun (Something that protrudes)
- pullistuma noun (Something that protrudes)
- ulkonema noun (Something that protrudes)
French
2 entries- protubérance noun (Something that protrudes)
- saillie noun (Something that protrudes)
German
4 entries- Ausbuchtung noun (Something that protrudes)
- Auswuchs noun (Something that protrudes)
- Beule noun (Something that protrudes)
- Grat noun (Something that protrudes)
Irish
4 entries- boiric noun (Something that protrudes)
- breall noun (Something that protrudes)
- cnap noun (Something that protrudes)
- cíoch noun (Something that protrudes)
Italian
1 entries- protuberanza noun (Something that protrudes)
Latin
2 entries- protuberantia noun (Something that protrudes)
- tūber noun (Something that protrudes)
Māori
3 entries- kou noun (Something that protrudes)
- pūreke noun (Something that protrudes)
- tīngoingoi noun (Something that protrudes)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تومسك noun (Something that protrudes)
Polish
2 entries- wypukłość noun (Something that protrudes)
- zgrubienie noun (Something that protrudes)
Portuguese
2 entries- protuberância noun (Something that protrudes)
- saliência noun (Something that protrudes)
Russian
3 entries- бугоро́к noun (Something that protrudes)
- вы́пуклость noun (Something that protrudes)
- вы́ступ noun (Something that protrudes)
Spanish
1 entries- protuberancia noun (Something that protrudes)
Swedish
1 entries- knöl noun (Something that protrudes)
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For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox.
Source: wiktionary
Oluanpi's lighthouse looks toward Lanyu, or Orchid Island, a tiny, rocky protuberance sixty-eight miles to the southeast and important because it is the home of the Yami, the smallest and most primitive tribe of aborigines in Taiwan.
Source: wiktionary
Ever since their creation the Daleks have been attempting to conquer and enslave as much of the universe as they could get their grubby little protuberances on.
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