Plural of outgrowth

Forms of outgrowth

Outgrowths in a sentence

• (uncountable, by extension) The collection or mass of such outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.From the entry hair
• The whiskery batfish (a kind of anglerfish) is covered with outgrowths of skin that resemble bits of seaweed.2005, Martha L Crump, Alan Crump, Headless males make great lovers. From the entry whiskery
• On the other hand, the sperm‐ducts and oviducts appear to be formed as outgrowths of the cœlomic epithelium.1919, Gilbert Charles Bourne, An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals, G. Bell & sons, page 42. From the entry cœlomic
• They are comparatively large, without outgrowths, of a rounded shape, with a flattened ventral surface and cryptostomy or plagiostomy with a lip.1991, Biology Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, page 279. From the entry plagiostomy
• Moreover, all the outgrowths which I have said constitute the acantha are not of equal size in all the vertebrae, and Nature has done this with wonderful forethought.1968, Margaret Tallmadge May, Galen on the usefulness of the parts of the body, translation of original by Galen, page 581. From the entry acantha

Meaning of outgrowth

1. noun A branch or offshoot of a plant.
2. noun An appendage of an animal.
3. noun A byproduct or consequence of an action or event.

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Questions about the plural of outgrowth

What is the plural of outgrowth?

The plural of outgrowth is outgrowths.

Is outgrowth countable?

Outgrowth is a countable and uncountable noun.