| offshoot | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowth | a natural consequence of development. |
| ~ consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| outgrowth | | |
| n. (event) | 1. emergence, growth, outgrowth | the gradual beginning or coming forth.; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" |
| ~ beginning | the event consisting of the start of something.; "the beginning of the war" |
| ~ rise | a growth in strength or number or importance. |
| n. (body) | 2. appendage, outgrowth, process | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant.; "a bony process" |
| ~ horn | one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates. |
| ~ horn | any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn. |
| ~ crest | a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal. |
| ~ pseudopod, pseudopodium | temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion. |
| ~ flagellum | a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa). |
| ~ hair | a filamentous projection or process on an organism. |
| ~ cirrus | a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile. |
| ~ spine | a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin. |
| ~ aculea | small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects. |
| ~ style | a slender bristlelike or tubular process.; "a cartilaginous style" |
| ~ villus | a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane. |
| ~ tail | the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body. |
| ~ fetlock | projection behind and above a horse's hoof. |
| ~ tentacle | 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. |
| ~ arista | bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies. |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ acromial process, acromion | the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade. |
| ~ ala | a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae" |
| ~ alveolar arch | the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set. |
| ~ alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge | a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth. |
| ~ acrosome | a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg. |
| ~ caruncle, caruncula | an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds. |
| ~ condyle | a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone. |
| ~ coronoid process, processus coronoideus | a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone. |
| ~ epicondyle | a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments. |
| ~ fimbria | thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube). |
| ~ apophysis | (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra. |
| ~ spicule, spiculum | small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals. |
| ~ osteophyte | small abnormal bony outgrowth. |
| ~ papilla | a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather. |
| ~ papilla | a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell.; "the papillae of the tongue" |
| ~ cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, appendix | a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch. |
| ~ mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal | process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull. |
| ~ styloid process | extends from the base of the temporal bone. |
| ~ pterygoid process | two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone. |
| ~ tuberosity, eminence, tubercle | a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament. |
| ~ zygomatic process | a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch. |
| ~ trochanter | one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached. |
| ~ transverse process | one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs. |
| ~ odontoid process | a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck. |
| ~ metaphysis | the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis. |
| ~ olecranon, olecranon process | process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended. |
| ~ ridge | any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane. |
| ~ excrescence | (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body. |
| ~ papilla | (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf. |
| ~ plant process, enation | a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ. |
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