caruncle
noun
car·un·cle ˈker-ˌəŋ-kəl 
ˈka-ˌrəŋ-,
kə-ˈrəŋ- 1
: a naked fleshy outgrowth (such as a bird's wattle)
2
: an outgrowth on a seed adjacent to the micropyle (see micropyle sense 1)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Center the fiber-optic front barrel bead (or crosshair or dot of an optic) just above the major caruncles, those fleshy, gaudy, beautiful red bubbles on the base of a gobbler’s neck. 
Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 20 Apr. 2020 Aim for the point on the bird’s neck where the red caruncles meet feathers and squeeze the trigger. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 14 Apr. 2020 Here’s another fun fact: Male turkeys, called toms, have bald, featherless heads with all sorts of dangling skin flaps and knobs known as the snood, the wattle and caruncles. Jason Bittel, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2019 In the developing embryo, the beak originates near the caruncle and then gradually expands backward. Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017 Beaked groups like birds and turtles have caruncles, but snakes and nearly all lizards do not. Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 20 Apr. 2020 Aim for the point on the bird’s neck where the red caruncles meet feathers and squeeze the trigger. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 14 Apr. 2020 Here’s another fun fact: Male turkeys, called toms, have bald, featherless heads with all sorts of dangling skin flaps and knobs known as the snood, the wattle and caruncles. Jason Bittel, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2019 In the developing embryo, the beak originates near the caruncle and then gradually expands backward. Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017 Beaked groups like birds and turtles have caruncles, but snakes and nearly all lizards do not. Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017 Word History
Etymology
obsolete French caruncule, from Latin caruncula little piece of flesh, diminutive of caro flesh — more at carnal
First Known Use
1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
caruncle
noun
car·un·cle ˈkar-əŋ-kəl kə-ˈrəŋ-
kə-ˈrəŋ- : a small fleshy growth
specifically : a reddish growth situated at the urethral meatus in women and causing pain and bleeding see lacrimal caruncle
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