| has gloss | (noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
process, outgrowth, appendage |
| lexicalization | eng: appendage |
| lexicalization | eng: outgrowth |
| lexicalization | eng: process |
| subclass of | (noun) any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
body part |
| Note: 5 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
papilla |
| has subclass | (noun) a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
plant process, enation |
| has subclass | (noun) one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
horn |
| has subclass | (noun) any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
horn |
| has subclass | (noun) a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
crest |
| has subclass | (noun) temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
pseudopodium, pseudopod |
| has subclass | (noun) a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
flagellum |
| has subclass | (noun) a filamentous projection or process on an organism
hair |
| has subclass | (noun) a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
cirrus |
| has subclass | (noun) a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
spine |
| has subclass | (noun) a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane
villus |
| has subclass | (noun) the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
tail |
| has subclass | (noun) projection behind and above a horse's hoof
fetlock |
| has subclass | (noun) any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
tentacle |
| has subclass | (noun) bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies
arista |
| has subclass | (noun) the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
acromion, acromial process |
| has subclass | (noun) a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"
ala |
| has subclass | (noun) the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set
alveolar arch |
| has subclass | (noun) a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process |
| has subclass | (noun) a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
acrosome |
| has subclass | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
caruncle, caruncula |
| has subclass | (noun) a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
condyle |
| has subclass | (noun) a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone
coronoid process, processus coronoideus |
| has subclass | (noun) a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments
epicondyle |
| has subclass | (noun) thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
fimbria |
| has subclass | (noun) (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
apophysis |
| has subclass | (noun) small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
spicule, spiculum |
| has subclass | (noun) small abnormal bony outgrowth
osteophyte |
| has subclass | (noun) a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
papilla |
| has subclass | (noun) a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; "the papillae of the tongue"
papilla |
| has subclass | (noun) process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
mastoid, mastoid process, mastoidal, mastoid bone |
| has subclass | (noun) two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone
pterygoid process |
| has subclass | (noun) a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
tubercle, eminence, tuberosity |
| has subclass | (noun) a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch
zygomatic process |
| has subclass | (noun) one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached
trochanter |
| has subclass | (noun) one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs
transverse process |
| has subclass | (noun) a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck
odontoid process |
| has subclass | (noun) process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended
olecranon process, olecranon |
| has subclass | (noun) any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
ridge |
| has subclass | (noun) (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
excrescence |