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pedicle

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈpɛd.ɪ.kəl/
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noun

Meaning 1

A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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Meaning 2

The attachment point for antlers in cervids.

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Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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Meaning 3

A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 4

pedicel (any sense)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 5

peduncle (any sense)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 6

Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

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noun

Meaning 7

A fetter for the foot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1836 The Memoirs, Private and Political, of Daniel O'Connell In the account of former persecutions, I have read of decapitation, crucifixion, gallowses, manacles, pedicles, thumb- screws, fire and fagot, rocks and pullies, slow fires, red hot gridirons, and boiling lead;

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noun

Meaning 8

a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: pedicel

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Broader terms: peduncle

Narrower terms: ray

History

Etymology

From Latin pedīculus (“little foot”), diminutive of pēs.