caruncle

Turkey's red protuberance

A caruncle is a small, fleshy outgrowth.

In anatomy, the term refers to the pinkish-red tissue at the inner corner of the eye, or to the small protuberances on a newborn's skin where the umbilical cord was attached.

In birds, caruncles are the brightly colored, often wrinkled fleshy growths found on the head and neck—the wattles of a turkey, the comb of a rooster.

The word also applies to fleshy seed appendages in botany.

avian

wattle

Hanging throat skin

combToothed grooming implement
snoodMesh bag for hair
dewlapHanging neck fold

turkey · gobbler · rooster · hen · poultry · fleshy · pendulous · throat · chin · display

ocular

lacrimal

Of tear production

conjunctivaMucous membrane lining eyelids
tearTo pull apart
ductTube conveying fluid

eyelid · nictitating · membrane · sclera · gland · cornea · ophthalmology · ocular · punctum · drainage

botanical

seed

Embryonic plant capsule

arilFleshy seed covering
hilumSeed's umbilical mark
outgrowthSomething developing from another

fleshy · appendage · castor · bean · milkweed · spindle · tree · dispersal · ant · germination

pathological

growth

Increase in size

excrescenceAbnormal projecting growth
protrusionPart extending outward
noduleRounded small lump

fleshy · mass · benign · lesion · hymenal · polyp · papilloma · swelling · tissue · abnormal

Opposites

surface covering type

carunclescale

Measure of relative size

feather · scute · horn · shell · carapace

anatomical protrusion vs. indentation

carunclecavity

Empty space within

fossa · indentation · depression · pit · socket

Family

carnage, carnivorous, incarnate

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