Caruncle (bird anatomy)
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In birds, a caruncle is a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of the animal's anatomy. Caruncles include wattles, combs, snoods, and earlobes. The term caruncle is derived from Latin carun
Anatomical structures on the head and throat of a domestic turkey. 1. Caruncles, 2. Snood, 3. Wattle (dewlap), 4. Major caruncle, 5. Beard
Gould's wild turkey with non-erected snood and wattle.
Roosters often have large combs.
The mountain caracara, like many hawks, has carunculated features.
Dewlap
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A dewlap is a longitudinal flap of skin or similar flesh that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck of many vertebrates. More loosely, it can be various similar structures in the neck area, such as thos
Caruncle (bird anatomy)
…In birds, a caruncle is a small, fleshy excrescence (outgrowth) that is a normal part of the animal's anatomy. Caruncles include wattles (or dewlaps), combs, snoods, and earlobes. The term caruncle is derived from Latin caruncula, the diminutive of carō, "flesh". Caruncles are carnosities, often of…
A mastiff with a dewlap, seen connecting from the neck to the lower jaw.
Eland in Mapungubwe National Park
A zebu with a large dewlap.
A palomino rabbit displaying her dewlap beside a month-old kit