A caruncle is a small hard outgrowth formed on the seeds of certain plants, such as the castor oil plant. A caruncle is the fleshy excrescence on the head of a fowl, such the comb of a cock or the wattles of a turkey. Research Caruncle
The condor (Sarcorhamphus gryphus) is the largest of the vultures. It is found in South America, principally in the Andes. One of the largest of the Vulturidas or vulturine birds, in its essential features it resembles the common vultures, differing from them mainly in the large cartilaginous caruncle which surmounts its beak, and in the large size of its oval and longitudinal nostrils placed almost at the extremity of the cere. It is mainly black in colour with some grey on the wings and a collar of white down on the neck. The wingspan is roughly three metres. Condors are found in greatest numbers in the Andeschain, frequenting regions from 10,000 to 15,000 feet above the level of the sea, where they breed, depositing their two white eggs on the bare rock. They are generally to be seen in groups of three or four, and only descend to the plains under stress of hunger, when they will successfully attacksheep, goats, deer, and bullocks. They prefer carrion, however, and, when they have opportunity, gorge themselves until they become incapable of rising from the ground, and so become a prey to the Indians. Research Condor
The canthus is the notch at each edge of the eye, where the two eyelids meet. The inner, or medial, canthus is called the nasal canthus, because of its proximity to the nasal structures. The outer, or lateral, canthus is called the temporal canthus because of its proximity to the temporal region of the skull. The nasal canthus features the fleshy, pink lachrymal caruncle and the canaliculi which lead into the lachrymal sac. Research Canthus
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