protuberance

Example Sentences

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Normally, turkeys top out around 20 pounds, with fleshy wattles that hang down their necks and another protuberance called a snood hanging over the beak.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

After friends and family suggested the protuberance might be a contender for the Guinness World Records, the couple submitted an application for “the world’s heaviest potato,” sat back and waited.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

That explained the protuberance on its snout, which resembled a tiny battering ram.

From Scientific American • Jul. 24, 2021

This so-called larchrymal saber is a bony protuberance just under their eye.

From National Geographic • May 5, 2018

She thought she could see the white protuberance of bone.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan