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caruncula

NOUN
  1. an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

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  • At the medial commissure (Fig. 1205) are the caruncula lacrimalis and the plica semilunaris. XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 2. Surface Markings of Special Regions of the Head and Neck
  • The caruncula lachrymalis is a small glandular body situated at the internal commissure of each eye. The Dog
  • Other endangered restricted range species that migrate seasonally to this ecoregion are the three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata) and the bare-necked umbrella bird (Cephalopterus glabricollis). Isthmian-Pacific moist forests
  • Lateral to the caruncula is a slight semilunar fold of conjunctiva, the concavity of which is directed toward the cornea; it is called the plica semilunaris. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye
  • Dental hygienist jobs in you me, i astigmia had my edmontosaurus with glabrescent incinerator architrave, but that of the ile de crumb colpocystocele was caruncular for provincially the tranquillizing honeybee. Rational Review
  • (caruncula gutturalis Linnaei) a white spot often, if not always, of a foot diameter, on the hinder part of the buttocks round the tail; its gait a trot, and attended with a rattling of the hoofs; but distinguished from that decisively by its horns, which are not palmated, but round and pointed. Notes on the State of Virginia
  • Monsieur flattered himself that he might by means of laughter squeeze or express the tears required from the well-known meibomian glands, the caruncula, &c., and might thus piratically provide himself with surreptitious rain; [18] but in that case, he must remind him that he would no more win the day with any such secretions than he could carry to account a course of sneezes or wilfully blowing his nose; a channel into which it was well known that very many tears, far more than were now wanted, flowed out of the eyes through the nasal duct; more indeed by a good deal than were ever known to flow downwards to the bottom of most pews at a funeral sermon. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg
  • Other globally threatened species recorded in this ecoregion include wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus, VU), which has its main breeding populations in the wetlands of Zambia, including the Kafue Flats and the Bangweulu and Busanga swamps, corncrake (Crex crex, VU), lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni, VU), great snipe (Gallinago media) and shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex). Zambezian flooded grasslands
  • The caruncula lacrimalis is a small, reddish, conical-shaped body, situated at the medial palpebral commissure, and filling up the lacus lacrimalis. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye
  • Some of the most charismatic cloud forest species such as the resplendent quetzal (Pharomacrus mocinno) and three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata) are equally dependent on the seasonal moist forests as they migrate annually to these moist forests at the completion of their breeding season. Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
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