pedicle

About 1.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
2. noun The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
3. noun A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
4. noun pedicel (any sense)
5. noun peduncle (any sense)
6. noun Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.
7. noun A fetter for the foot.

Similar words

apodeme brachiophore brachidium brach pedicel aditicule spicula palus paxilla delthyrium

Often followed by

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Word family

pedicled pedicles