List of synonyms from "cartridge" to synonyms from "cascading"
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Definition of the day : « caruncle »
- As in pimple : noun small swelling on the skin
- As in crest : noun topknot on head of animal
- Caruncle: a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence or protuberance.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- The seeds cannot be carried so well unless this ridge, caruncle, be present.
- Extract from : « Seed Dispersal » by William J. Beal
- Did you ever hear of the caruncle on the head of the turkey?
- Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
- Caruncle, kar-unk′l, n. a small fleshy excrescence, as the wattles of the turkey-cock.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- The role of the caruncle in opening the shell seems to vary among different species of turtles.
- Extract from : « Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz » by John M. Legler
- Almost every caruncle present after 50 days could be flicked off easily with a probe or fingernail.
- Extract from : « Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz » by John M. Legler
- The caruncle remains on the beak for a variable length of time, but never is present in the spring following hatching.
- Extract from : « Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz » by John M. Legler
- Below A is seen a small conical elevation, with black dots (the lacrymal papilla or caruncle).
- Extract from : « A Practical Physiology » by Albert F. Blaisdell
- The latter operation consists in excising a wedge-shaped piece of the posterior wall of the urethra containing the caruncle.
- Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
- Retraction of the caruncle is best avoided by closing the conjunctival wound with a stitch, and thus pulling the caruncle forward.
- Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various