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Some polychaete prostomia have a posterior extension or ridge with sensory function, called acaruncle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Within this definition, caruncles in birds include wattles (or dewlaps), snoods and earlobes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They have no caruncles, and their eye-rings are lead-blue.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With ocular allergies, the lacrimalcaruncleand plica semilunaris may be inflamed and pruritic (itchy) due to histamine release in the tissue and tear film.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Within this definition, caruncles in birds include wattles, dewlaps, snoods and earlobes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sublingualcaruncleis a small papilla near the midline of the floor of the mouth on each side of the lingual frenum.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Collectively, these and other fleshy protuberances on the head and throat are called caruncles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the male it is crowned with acaruncleor comb, while the skin of the neck in the male lies in folds, forming a wattle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Having large caruncles or colorful bright ones indicates high levels of testosterone, that they are well-fed birds able to elude other predators thus showing the good quality of their genes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other seed appendages include the raphe (a ridge), wings, caruncles (a soft spongy outgrowth from the outer integument in the vicinity of the micropyle), spines, or tubercles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When ready, hatchlings tear their egg shells apart with theircaruncle, a special egg tooth, to help break free of the egg shell and dig through the sand.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Castor seeds have a warty appendage called thecaruncle, which is a type of elaiosome.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The head has fleshy growths called caruncles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The lachrymalcaruncleis sometimes indicated.
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