pedicle.
A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
Meaning & usage
A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
pedicel (any sense)
peduncle (any sense)
Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.
A fetter for the foot.
Where this word comes from
From Latin pedīculus (“little foot”), diminutive of pēs.
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