carnosity

car·nose

[kahr-nohs]
adjective
of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.
Also, carnous.


Origin:
1555–65; < Latin carnōsus fleshy, equivalent to carn- (stem of carō) flesh + -ōsus -ose1

car·nos·i·ty [kahr-nos-i-tee] , noun
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