pedicle
A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
Other meanings
The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
Related words
- bipedicle
- pedicled
- transpedicle
Word history
From Latin "pedīculus" (little foot).
Where this comes from
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