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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Protuberant \Pro*tu"ber*ant\, adjective [L. protuberans, -antis, p. pr. of protuberare. See {Protuberate}.] Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye. -- {Pro*tu"ber*ant*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
protuberant
adjective: curving outward [syn: {bellied}, {bellying}, {bulbous}, {bulging}, {bulgy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "protuberant": beetling, bold, bulbous, bulging, distended, eminent, emissile, excrescent, excrescential, extruding, extrusive, gibbous, jutting, outstanding, overhanging, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberating, salient, swelling, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid
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