pedicles

noun

1. A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.

2. The attachment point for antlers in cervids.

3. A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue

4. Pedicel (any sense)

5. Peduncle (any sense)

6. Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.

7. A fetter for the foot.