"caruncle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈka.ɹəŋ.kəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈka.ɹəŋ.kl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈɹʌŋ.kəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈɹʌŋ.kl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛɹˌʌŋ.kəl/ [General-American], /ˈkæˌɹʌŋ.kəl/ [General-American], /kəˈɹʌŋ.kəl/ [General-American] Forms: caruncles [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹəŋkəl, -ʌŋkəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French caruncule, from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”), diminutive of carō (“flesh”). Doublet of caruncula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|caruncule}} Middle French caruncule, {{der|en|la|caruncula||a little piece of flesh}} Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”), {{m|la|carō|t=flesh}} carō (“flesh”), {{doublet|en|caruncula}} Doublet of caruncula Head templates: {{en-noun}} caruncle (plural caruncles)
  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy. Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (small, fleshy excrescence on an animal): lihake (Finnish), caroncule [feminine] (French), koukou (Maori), мясистый нарост (mjasistyj narost) [masculine] (Russian), мясцо (mjasco) [neuter] (Russian), гребень (grebenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), карункула (karunkula) [feminine] (Russian), присеменник (prisemennik) [masculine] (Russian), бородавчатое возвышение (borodavčatoje vozvyšenije) [neuter] (Russian), сосочек (sosoček) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-caruncle-en-noun-iMpPohzn Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy Disambiguation of 'small, fleshy excrescence on an animal': 93 5 2
  2. (anatomy) Clipping of lacrimal caruncle: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: lacrimal caruncle (extra: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye) Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-caruncle-en-noun-9q~gEXqm Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (botany) A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal. Categories (topical): Botany Synonyms: elaiosome
    Sense id: en-caruncle-en-noun-aHluAIyb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 24 44 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carunclectomy, caruncular, carunculate, intercaruncle Related terms: dewlap, frill

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.