| 单词 | caruncle |
| 释义 | caruncle (once / 214897 pages) n WORD FAMILY caruncle: caruncles USAGE EXAMPLESAfter about 60 days of incubation inside their eggs, turtle hatchlings use a temporary tooth called a caruncle to break out of their shells. Scientific American(May 01, 2014) The head and caruncles on the neck of the male are, when excited, of the same blue and scarlet hues. Jennings, Robert, Sheep, Swine, and Poultry—Embracing...(2012) The role of the caruncle in opening the shell seems to vary among different species of turtles. Legler, John M., Natural History of the Ornate Box T...(2011) n an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds Syn|Hypo|Hyper caruncula lappet, wattle a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards appendage, outgrowth, process a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
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