Zoology. A stalk or similar narrow projection in an animal body or structure, esp. one to which some part is attached; spec. (a) the bony process…

Medicine. A stalk by which a tumour is attached to the body. Cf. pedicle, n.2 2c. Now rare.

Zoology and Anatomy. A slender stalk-like part of an animal's body, as the eyestalk of some crustaceans, the constricted segment connecting the…

Zoology. A part or organ resembling a stalk; esp. the footstalk or second joint of the maxilla of an insect; also applied to certain parts of the…

Zoology. = petiole, n. 2.

Zoology. = stipes, n.