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n. A caruncle.

n. Same as caruncle.

n. an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

"If we step on shore, the ‘Charadrius caruncula’, a species of plover, a most plaguy sort of “public-spirited individual”, follows you, flying overhead, and is most persevering in its attempts to give fair warning to all the animals within hearing to flee from the approaching danger."

process    appendage    outgrowth   

caruncula mammillaris    caruncula sublingualis    carunculæ myrtiformes   

lappet    wattle