Caruncle

Definition of Caruncle

Car´un`cle
n.1.(Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
2.(Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
3.(Zool.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.

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appendage, caruncula, comb, lappet, outgrowth, process, wattle
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