Caruncle (bird anatomy) Caruncle (bird anatomy) A caruncle is defined as 'a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy'. Within this definition, caruncles in birds include wattles (or dewlaps), snoods, and earlobes. The term caruncle is derived from Latin 'caruncula', the diminutive of 'carō', flesh. Caruncles are carnosities, often of bright colors such as red, blue, yellow or white. They can be present on the head, neck, throat, cheeks or around the eyes of some birds. They may be present as combs or crests and other structures near the beak, or, hanging from the throat or neck. Caruncles
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate the additional four ninety-minute episodes (seen between December 1973 and March 1974), with Mildred Natwick who played Helen Hayes' friend and co-adventurer in the 1971 film, taking over from Myrna Loy as the cautious sister. Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate is an American television film made for the 90-minute series "ABC Movie of the Week" which broadcast it on November 9, 1971. Directed by Ted Post, it stars Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy, Mildred Natwick, Sylvia Sidney, John Beradino and Vince Edwards, with the screenplay adapted by John D. F. Black from a novel