uitgroeisel

Definitions of uitgroeisel
  1. noun
    a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
    synonyms: uitwas
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    hoorn, hoorntje, horen
    one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
    pluim, pluimbos, vederbos, vederdos
    a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
    zweepdraad, zweephaar
    a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
    haar, plantehaar, plantenhaar
    a filamentous projection or process on an organism
    doorn, ruggegraat, ruggengraat, ruggestreng, wervelkolom
    a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
    tentakel, vangarm, vangdraad
    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
    kwab, kwabbe, lob, onvoorzichtigheid, overnachting
    an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
    papil
    a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
    papil
    a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell
    appendix
    a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
    knolletje
    a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
    hertshoorn
    deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
    nop
    a bunch of feathers or hair
    ijdeltuit
    the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
    baardhaar
    a stiff hair
    tasthaar
    a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
    konijnenpluim, konijnepluim
    a short or shortened tail of certain animals
    vaan, vaandel
    a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
    lel, onderkam
    a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
    mondslijmvlies
    (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
    eeltknobbel
    (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
    knolletje, stengelknoop
    small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
    type of:
    lichaamsdeel, lid
    any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
  2. noun
    the gradual beginning or coming forth
    synonyms: uitwas
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