• Thumbnail for Caruncle (bird anatomy)
    A caruncle is defined as 'a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy'. Within this definition, caruncles in birds include...
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  • Look up caruncle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Caruncle (from Latin: caruncula, 'wart') may refer to: Caruncle (bird anatomy), a small, fleshy excrescence...
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    wattle is a fleshy caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds and mammals. Caruncles in birds include those found...
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    wattles and earlobes, which collectively are called caruncles.[citation needed] In turkeys, the caruncles are the fleshy nodules on the head and throat. Chicken...
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    hanging well below the beak (see image). Snoods are just one of the caruncles (small, fleshy excrescences) that can be found on turkeys. While fighting...
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  • Tomia Brooding patch Caruncle (bird anatomy) Comb, or Coxcomb Orbital skin, or orbital ring Tarsus Tibia Wattle Glossary of bird terms Garrigues, Richard...
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    Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Bird Bird anatomy List of terms used in bird topography Beak Caruncle Comb Feathers Alula Barb (feather) Barbule...
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    Dewlap (category Vertebrate anatomy)
    wattle of a bird. Dewlaps can be considered as a caruncle, defined as "a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy". The word...
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    birds, i.e., combs, wattles, ear lobes and nodules. They can be present on the head, neck, throat, cheeks or around the eyes of some birds. Caruncles...
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    Bartholin's gland (category Anatomy named for one who described it)
    posterolateral aspect of the vestibule 3 to 4 mm outside the hymen or hymenal caruncles lateral to the hymenal ring. Bartholin's glands were first described in...
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