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a) an external body part that projects from the body
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appendage — appendage, appurtenance, accessory, adjunct designate something regarded as additional and at the same time as subsidiary to another object. Appendage implies a certain closeness of attachment or connection yet often stresses the idea of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Appendage — Ap*pend age, n. 1. 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. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Appendage — (frz. –angdasch), Appendance (frz. –angs), Appendicula, Anhängsel, Zugehör … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
appendage — index accession (annexation), addendum, adjoiner, adjunct, allonge, appendix (accession), appendix … Law dictionary
appendage — (n.) 1640s, from APPEND (Cf. append) + AGE (Cf. age) … Etymology dictionary
appendage — [n] limb; accessory addendum, addition, adjunct, ancillary, annex, appendix, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary, extremity, member, projection, protuberance, supplement; concept 835 Ant. body, trunk … New thesaurus
appendage — ► NOUN ▪ a thing attached to or projecting from something larger or more important … English terms dictionary
appendage — [ə pen′dij] n. 1. anything appended; adjunct 2. any subordinate or external organ or part of a plant or animal, as a branch, tail, or limb … English World dictionary
Appendage — In invertebrate biology, an appendage is an external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from an organism s body (in verterbrate biology, an example would be a vertebrate s limbs). It is a general term that covers any of the… … Wikipedia
appendage — [[t]əpe̱ndɪʤ[/t]] appendages N COUNT: oft N of/to n An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important. [FORMAL] Upon marriage she automatically lost most of her legal rights and became an appendage… … English dictionary
appendage — n. an appendage to * * * [ə pendɪdʒ] an appendage to … Combinatory dictionary
