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carunculated

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ca·run·cle  (k-rngkl, krng-)
n.
1. Biology A fleshy naked outgrowth, such as a fowl's wattles.
2. Botany An outgrowth or appendage at or near the hilum of certain seeds, as of the castor-oil plant.
[Obsolete French caruncule, from Latin caruncula, diminutive of car, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ca·runcu·lar (-ky-lr) adj.
ca·runcu·late (-lt, -lt), ca·runcu·lated (-ltd) adj.
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Adj.1.carunculated - having a caruncle
carunculate


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The carrier, more especially the male bird, is also remarkable from the wonderful development of the carunculated skin about the head, and this is accompanied by greatly elongated eyelids, very large external orifices to the nostrils, and a wide gape of mouth.
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