carunculate
[ kuh-ruhng-kyuh-lit, -leyt ]
adjective
having a caruncle.
Origin of carunculate
1- Also ca·run·cu·lat·ed [kuh-ruhng-kyuh-ley-tid] /kəˈrʌŋ kyəˌleɪ tɪd/ .
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How to use carunculate in a sentence
The Muscovy Duck, which is of a different species, has a bare face with a carunculated red skin.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. RobinsonBeak elongated, narrow, pointed; eyes surrounded by much naked, generally carunculated skin; neck and body elongated.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. | Charles DarwinBeak short, broad, deep; naked skin round the eyes, broad and carunculated; skin over nostrils slightly swollen.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. | Charles DarwinThe development of the carunculated skin or wattle round the eyes, over the nostrils, and on the lower mandible, is prodigious.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. | Charles DarwinThe skin over the nostrils swollen, not wattled; naked skin round the eyes, broad, slightly carunculated.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. | Charles Darwin
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