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appendage
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| appendance
| appendant
| appendectomy
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appendage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun appendage has 3 senses
- appendage(n = noun.body) extremity, member - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" has particulars: chelicera, mouthpart, fang, chela, claw, nipper, pincer, parapodium, fin, pleopod, swimmeret, limb, dactyl, digit
- appendage(n = noun.body) outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" has particulars: horn, horn, crest, pseudopod, pseudopodium, flagellum, hair, cirrus, spine, aculea, style, villus, tail, fetlock, tentacle, arista, acromial process, acromion, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge, acrosome, caruncle, caruncula, condyle, coronoid process, processus coronoideus, epicondyle, fimbria, apophysis, spicule, spiculum, osteophyte, papilla, papilla, appendix, cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal, styloid process, pterygoid process, eminence, tubercle, tuberosity, zygomatic process, trochanter, transverse process, odontoid process, metaphysis, olecranon, olecranon process, ridge, excrescence, papilla, enation, plant process
- appendage(n = noun.artifact) Array - a part that is joined to something larger; Array has particulars: appendicle, handhold, grip, handgrip, handle, hold, tailpiece
is a kind of external body part
is a kind of body part
is a kind of part, portion
Derived forms verb append2, verb append1
CIDE DICTIONARY
appendage, n.
- Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. [1913 Webster]"Modesty is the appendage of sobriety." [1913 Webster]
- A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates. [1913 Webster]"Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Addition; adjunct; concomitant.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
appendage, n.
1 something attached; an addition.
2 Zool. a leg or other projecting part of an arthropod.
1 something attached; an addition.
2 Zool. a leg or other projecting part of an arthropod.
THESAURUS
appendage
accession, accessories, accessory, accident, accidental, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adherent, adjunct, adjuvant, annex, annexation, appanage, appanages, appendages, appendant, appendix, appointments, appurtenance, appurtenances, appurtenant, arm, attachment, attendant, augment, augmentation, auxiliary, belongings, bough, branch, buff, cavaliere servente, choses, choses in action, choses in possession, choses local, choses transitory, coda, collateral, complement, concomitant, contingency, contingent, continuation, corollary, courtier, dangler, dependent, disciple, extension, extra, extrapolation, fan, fixture, flunky, follower, following, hand, hanger-on, happenstance, heeler, henchman, homme de cour, imp, incidental, increase, increment, inessential, joint, leg, limb, link, lobe, lobule, man, material things, member, mere chance, movables, nonessential, not-self, offshoot, organ, other, paraphernalia, parasite, partisan, pendant, perquisites, personal effects, pinion, public, pursuer, pursuivant, ramification, reinforcement, retainer, runner, satellite, scion, secondary, sectary, servant, shadow, side effect, side issue, spray, sprig, spur, stooge, subsidiary, successor, superaddition, supplement, supporter, switch, tagtail, tail, tailpiece, tendril, things, trainbearer, trappings, twig, undergirding, unessential, votary, ward heeler, wingROGET THESAURUS
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Sequel
N sequel, suffix, successor, tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear, retinue, suite, appendix, postscript, epilogue, peroration, codicil, continuation, sequela, appendage, tail piece, heelpiece, tag, more last words, colophon, aftercome, aftergrowth, afterpart, afterpiece, aftercourse, afterthought, aftergame, arriere pensee, second thoughts, outgrowth.Accompaniment
N accompaniment, adjunct, context, appendage, appurtenance, coexistence, concomitance, company, association, companionship, partnership, copartnership, coefficiency, concomitant, accessory, coefficient, companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague, consort, spouse, mate, partner, co-partner, satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow, escort, cortege, attribute, accompanying, concomitant, fellow, twin, joint, associated with, coupled with, accessory, attendant, obbligato, with, withal, together with, along with, in company with, hand in hand, side by side, cheek by jowl, cheek by jole, arm in arm, therewith, herewith, and, together, in a body, collectively, noscitur a sociis, virtutis fortuna comes.
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