Zoology. A stalk or similar narrow projection in an animal body or structure, esp. one to which some part is attached; spec. (a) the bony process…

Chiefly Zoology. A stalk or stalk-like projection in an animal; spec. (a) the stalk by which various invertebrates such as cirripedes and…

Zoology and Anatomy. A slender stalk-like part of an animal's body, as the eyestalk of some crustaceans, the constricted segment connecting the…

Zoology. A stalk or stalklike projection in an animal; spec. (a) the second joint of an insect's antenna; (b) an eyestalk of a crustacean; (c) the…