proéminence

Definitions of proéminence
  1. noun
    a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
    synonyms: excroissance
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    crête
    a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
    cheveu
    a filamentous projection or process on an organism
    épine
    a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
    style
    a slender bristlelike or tubular process
    queue
    the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
    tentacule
    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
    appendice vermiculaire
    a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
    pousse
    a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
    crête
    the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
    arete
    any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
    queue
    a short or shortened tail of certain animals
    antenne
    one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
    antenne, tentacule
    slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
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    partie du corps
    any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
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