Footstalk

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Footstalk \Foot"stalk`\, n.
     1. (Bot.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole,
        pedicel, or reduncle.
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     2. (Zool.)


        (a) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals
            are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose
            barnacles.
        (b) The stem which supports which supports the eye in
            decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
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     3. (Mach.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in
        a step. --Knight.
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