caruncle

In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head.

The seeds are 4-angled, oval or spherical, and in some species have a caruncle.

The caruncle promotes the dispersal of the seed by ants (myrmecochory).

In the male, there is a wattle on the neck and a large, dark red comb or caruncle on the crown of the head.

The King Vulture has a very noticeable yellow fleshy caruncle on its beak.

The lachrymal caruncle is sometimes indicated.

Castor seeds have a warty appendage called the caruncle, which is a type of elaiosome.

Some polychaete prostomia have a posterior extension or ridge with sensory function, called a caruncle.

A caruncle is defined as 'a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy'.

The term caruncle is derived from Latin 'caruncula', the diminutive of 'carō', flesh.

The other names of minor duodenal papilla is Santorini's minor caruncle.

At the base of the beak and below the wattle is a fleshy caruncle which is whitish.

The eyes are large and flat, canthus is not marked, lachrymal caruncle is not indicated.

A wattle is a fleshy caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds, mammals and other animals.

The Caruncle Bulbophyllum (Bulbophyllum carunculatum) is a species of orchid.

The caruncle or point of attachment at the base of the seed is uncommonly deep and usually is surrounded by a sharp- edged lip.

Santorini's minor caruncle: Location of the opening of the accessory pancreatic duct into the duodenum.

Both subspecies have blue bare flesh on the throat with a wattle in cumanensis and a hanging caruncle in grayi.

The particular elaiosome in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae is called caruncle (Latin caruncula "wart").

Carunculate seeds are perceived by ants, which see in ultraviolet light, because the caruncle reflects ultra-violet light, the fluorescent compound probably being a phenolic.

The caruncula lachrymalis or lacrimal caruncle is the small, pink, globe-like nodule at the inner corner (the medial angle) of the eye.

The sublingual caruncle is a site on either side of the frenulum linguae on the sublingual surface of the tongue.

In the male it is crowned with a caruncle or comb, while the skin of the neck in the male lies in folds, forming a wattle.

It drains saliva from the submandibular glands and sublingual glands to the sublingual caruncle at the base of the tongue.

A urethral caruncle is a benign cutaneous condition characterized by distal urethral lesions that are most commonly found in postmenopausal females.