www.answers.comhttp://site.answers.com/main/images/answers_logo_120.gifAnswers.com: Word of the DayAnswersWOTDhttp://feedburner.google.com (KAR-ung-kuhl)<br/><br/><i>noun</i><br/>A fleshy growth, such as a rooster's comb.<br/><br/><b>Etymology</b><br/>From Latin caruncula (small piece of flesh), diminutive of caro (flesh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to cut) that is also the source of skirt, curt, screw, shard, shears, carnage, carnivorous, carnation, sharp, and scrape<br/><br/><b>Usage</b><br/><i>"Some turkeys feint, some scream, some just shake their caruncles."</i> &mdash; Barry Janoff; Why Turkeys Use Fowl Language; Brandweek (New York); Apr 4, 2005.<br/> (&copy; <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/caruncle#copyright">Wordsmith.org</a>)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AnswersWOTD/~4/cJnS_4dCPHI" height="1" width="1"/> Word of the Day: caruncle http://feeds.answers.com/~r/AnswersWOTD/~3/cJnS_4dCPHI/caruncle http://www.answers.com/topic/caruncle Answers.com: Word of the Day 1440 Answers.com: Word of the Day enriches your vocabulary with useful words, terms and expressions. http://today.answers.com en-us Copyright 2007 Answers Corp.