protuberant

/prō-ˈtü-b(ə-)rənt/

Late Latin protuberant-, protuberans, present participle of protuberare to bulge out, from Latin pro- forward + tuber excrescence, swelling; perhaps akin to Latin tumēre to swell

adjective

  1. thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass : prominent

protuberant eyes