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appendage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | outgrowth, process |
| Type of | body part |
| Has types | acromion, acrosome, aculea, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, apophysis, appendix, arista, zygomatic process, papilla, plant process, processus coronoideus, pseudopod, pseudopodium, pterygoid process, ridge, spicule, spiculum, spine, style, styloid process, tail, tentacle, transverse process, trochanter, tubercle, tuberosity, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, villus, acromial process, caruncle, caruncula, cecal appendage, cirrus, condyle, coronoid process, crest, eminence, enation, epicondyle, excrescence, fetlock, fimbria, flagellum, gum ridge, hair, horn, mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal, metaphysis, odontoid process, olecranon, olecranon process, osteophyte |
Examples of appendage
appendage
Most importantly, he comes across as his own actor, not an appendage to his dad.
From the newsweek.com
The evil-looking, tweezer-like appendage on their tail end is positively scary.
From the sacbee.com
In one scene, Wikus grabs a hatchet, intending to chop off an infected appendage.
From the online.wsj.com
Little Marc Andreu, the short appendage to all the bulk up front, scampered over.
From the guardian.co.uk
Jim sat down beside me, reading the Bible that seemed to be an extra appendage.
From the usatoday.com
The appendage will save you bills, however only if you know what you are doing.
From the iftomm2003.com
I am aware of a couple of instances of your appendage that apply to some mutation.
From the iftomm2003.com
I've been touched by His Holiness, the Flying Spaghetti Monsters noodly appendage.
From the newscientist.com
Worse, the front-facing camera seems to be a useless appendage at the moment.
From the time.com
- Extremity: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
- Process: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
- A part that is joined to something larger
- (appendaged) having an appendage
- (Appendages) Such items as shafting, struts, bossing, docking and bilge keels, propellers, rudder and any other feature, extraneous to the hull and generally immersed.
- (Appendages) An accessory structure. Used for some activity such as walking, feeding, chemoreception, touch or swimming. Term often used with arthropods.
- (Appendages) Ten legs (five pairs) including a claw-bearing pair with spines used for feeding and defense, followed by three pairs of sharply pointed walking legs, and a pair modified as flat swimming paddles at the rear, swimming legs.
- (appendages) any organ, usually segmented, such as a leg or antenna connected to the external skeleton
- (appendages) arms, legs, tails, etc., attached to bodies
