allantoic stalk

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The narrow connection between the intraembryonic portion of the allantois and the extraembryonic allantoic vesicle.

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At night jineteras stalk the promenade in search of tourists while a trumpet from a bench serenades the proceedings.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Murder, suicide, illness, old age: These deaths stalk us all, but in prison, they collect us so much more cheaply.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They go to Paris, but never leave the underground metro station, where they stalk the metro mall shops.
‘Girlhood’: Coming of Age in France’s Projects|Molly Hannon|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Famine will stalk the land and as many as seven million people will confront extreme food insecurity—in short, starvation.
Preventing Genocide In South Sudan|Eric Reeves, John Prendergast|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

More girls are reporting their boyfriends stalk them via text message or threaten to humiliate them with social media.
Digital Harassment Is the New Means of Domestic Abuse|Keli Goff|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The flowers grow in clusters from the extremities of the stalk; they are yellow externally and of a delicate red within.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
When a leaf is so young that it wraps itself around the main stalk it's useless to try to turn it over.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
At last the Queen, whose mouth was now quite filled with bits of the mullen-stalk, mumbled, "Get to the point."
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Why should they not dawdle at their labor sitting upon the fence in endless colloquy while the harvest rots upon the stalk?
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I wonder if that square-jawed devil has got a glimpse of us and is trying a lone-handed stalk himself?
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair