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Look up: caruncle

  1. Caruncle
    a fleshy outgrowth
    Found on http://australianmuseum.net.au/Glossary-

  2. caruncle
    [n] - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl`s wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Caruncle
    Car'un·cle Ca*run'cu*la noun [ Latin caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.] 1. (Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymali...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/30

  4. caruncle
    <botany> An outgrowth of a seed coat, near the hilum. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. caruncle
    caruncula noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl`s wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. caruncle
    (kar´әng-kәl) a small fleshy eminence, often abnormal.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Caruncle
    • (n.) Alt. of Caruncula
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. caruncle
    (from the article `primate`) ...circulating at certain periods of the reproductive cycle. For instance, in the gelada (Theropithecus), the skin on the front of the female chest, ... Hatching consists of two separate events: exiting the egg and emerging from the nest. Hatchlings have a small, pointed, keratinous bump (caruncle) on ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/30

  9. caruncle
    caruncle 1. A small fleshy growth on the head or body; such as, a rooster's comb. 2. A colored outgrowth of tissue in some types of seeds near the point of attachment to the plant.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. Caruncle
    A caruncle is a small hard outgrowth formed on the seeds of certain plants, such as the castor oil plant. A caruncle is the fleshy excrescence on the head of a fowl, such the comb of a cock or the wattles of a turkey.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. caruncle
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kar′ŭng-kil Definitions: 1. A small, fleshy protuberance, or any structure suggesting such a shape. Synonyms: caruncula1
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  12. caruncle
    diminutive of Latin caro = flesh, hence, a small fleshy elevation.
    Found on http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/

  13. CARUNCLE
    a temporary "tooth" located on the snout of a hatchling that aids them in breaking out of their shell
    Found on http://www.seeturtles.org/1901/glossary-



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