tuberculous

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The fish — found in various locations including in northern Washington, the Bering Sea, Siberia and northern Japan — are covered in bumps called tubercles, which provide a cartilage coat that keep the fish afloat.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2022

Both the greater and lesser tubercles serve as attachment sites for muscles that act across the shoulder joint.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

"The names that were given to these tubercles are very impertinent, and have no resemblance with the things they were derived from."

From Slate • May 17, 2011

Its tubercles and soft tissues were inflamed, and the annulus fibrosus of its disks was the color of bad teeth.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2011

A shark’s skin is covered with minute tubercles that make it as rough as sandpaper.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel