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pedicle

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/ˈpɛdɪkəl/ English

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noun

  1. A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
  2. The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
  3. A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
  4. Pedicel (any sense)

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