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Tubercle :: Tubercle (n.) A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy..

Tuberculous :: Tuberculous (a.) Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular..

Tuberculization :: Tuberculization (n.) The development of tubercles; the condition of one who is affected with tubercles.

Tuberculin :: Tuberculin (n.) A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve..

Scrobicula :: Scrobicula (n.) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.

Dissolvent :: Dissolvent (n.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc..

Tubercled :: Tubercled (a.) Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk..

Polyphemus :: Polyphemus (n.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm..

Phyma :: Phyma (n.) A tubercle on any external part of the body.

Parapodium :: Parapodium (n.) One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.

Coccosteus :: Coccosteus (n.) An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles..

Spherulate :: Spherulate (a.) Covered or set with spherules; having one or more rows of spherules, or minute tubercles..

Scrobicular :: Scrobicular (a.) Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles..

Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of

Miliary :: Miliary (n.) One of the small tubercles of Echini.

Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A tuberosity; a tubercle.

Pearl :: Pearl (n.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.

Lumpfish :: Lumpfish (n.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl..

Miliary :: Miliary (a.) Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini..

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