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excrescence (ɛkˈskrɛsəns) Also 6 excressence. [ad. L. excrēscentia, f. excrēscent-em: see excrescent and -ence. Cf. Fr. excrescence.] † 1. The action of growing out or forth. Also, immoderate growth, overflow, abnormal increase.1533 Bellenden Livy v. (1822) 409 Thare gudis war multiplyit be excresce...
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Excrescence
Excrescence may refer to:
Excrescence (phonology), the addition of a consonant to a word
In medicine and physiology, an outgrowth, especially of this skin, such as occurs in carnosity
Excrescence (architecture), a term defined by the architect Ruskin to mean an unpleasant addition to a building
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excrescence
excrescence/ɪkˈskresns; ɪk`skrɛsns/ n(fml 文) abnormal (ugly and useless) growth on an animal body or a plant 赘生物; 瘤; 赘疣 (fig 比喻) The new office block is an excrescence on the landscape. 这座新办公楼在这片风景中很碍眼.
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Caruncle
Caruncle (from Latin: caruncula, 'wart') may refer to:
Caruncle (bird anatomy), a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy
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excrescential
excrescential, a. (ɛkskrɛˈsɛnʃəl) [f. L. excrēscenti-a (see excrescence) + -al1.] Of the nature of an excrescence, redundant.1849 Ruskin Sev. Lamps vi. §15. 177 Mane and beard as in the lion..are..excrescential characters. a 1864 Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1879) II. 183 The vestry..occupies that excr...
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recrescence
recrescence (rɪˈkrɛsəns) [f. L. recresc-ĕre to grow anew: cf. excrescence.] The act of growing again; reproduction of a part or member.1891 New Rev. June 533 In lower animals or plants..the fact of recrescence is far more obvious.
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Coleophora discostriata
They create a pistol case with a rounded excrescence on the underside.
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Trimerotropis verruculata
Its specific scientific name is derived from the Latin word for wart or excrescence and refers to its mottled rough appearance which probably provides
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Daniele Prato
At the end of the Season 2010/11, Prato suffer "a sort of excrescence" that bothers him in the kneecap.
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Thymichthys
The generic epithet is derived from the Greek thymos (warty excrescence) and ichthys (fish).
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Pardofelis
thin, not expanded, the summit of the muzzle is not compressed above, the maxilla is not expanded where it abuts against the nasal bone, and develops no excrescence
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Nuptial pad
A nuptial pad (also known as thumb pad, or nuptial excrescence) is a secondary sex characteristic present on some mature male frogs and salamanders.
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Corn smut
These sources appear to be combining the word cuitlacoche for "thrasher" with cuitla, meaning "excrement", actually meaning "excrescence". One source derives the meaning as "corn excrescence", using cuītla again and "maize" tlaōlli .
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Fildes (surname)
The final -s appears to be a post-medieval excrescence.
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