Its head terminated in a species of funnel lined with carunculated ridges; inside gleamed row upon row of sharp triangular teeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
They were greyish-green, heavily carunculated, and with curious white patches here and there on their bodies where the skin was shiny and lacking in pigment. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
The development of the carunculated skin or wattle round the eyes, over the nostrils, and on the lower mandible, is prodigious. From Wordnik.com. [The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.] Reference
Scanderoon in the much greater length of the wing and tail, in the beak not being so long, and in the skin about the head being more carunculated. From Wordnik.com. [The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.] Reference
The carrier, more especially the male bird, is also remarkable from the wonderful development of the carunculated skin about the head, and this is accompanied by greatly elongated eyelids, very large external orifices to the nostrils, and a wide gape of mouth. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
The carrier, more especially the male bird, is also remarkable from the wonderful development of the carunculated skin about the head; and this is accompanied by greatly elongated eyelids, very large external orifices to the nostrils, and a wide gape of mouth. From Wordnik.com. [I. Variation under Domestication. Breeds of the Domestic Pigeon, Their Differences and Origin] Reference
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