peduncle

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Meaning

The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits.

A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle.

A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland.

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After initially feeding on the whale caudal peduncle and fluke, the sharks would investigate the carcass by slowly swimming around it and mouthing several parts before selecting a blubber-rich area. Source: Internet

Inferior cerebellar peduncle integrates proprioceptive info and outputs to the vestibulocerebellum. Source: Internet

In some species the snapping zooids are mounted on a peduncle (stalk), their bird-like appearance responsible for the term – Charles Darwin described these as like "the head and beak of a vulture in miniature, seated on a neck and capable of movement". Source: Internet

Pistillate flowers are borne in a dense spherical many-flowered head which appears on a short stout peduncle from the axils of the current year's growth. Source: Internet

The caudal peduncle is absent and the caudal fin is reduced to a stiff rudder-like structure. Source: Internet

The middle peduncle is the largest of the three and its afferent fibers are grouped into three separate fascicles taking their inputs to different parts of the cerebellum. Source: Internet

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