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appendage Definition

ap·pend·age (ə pen′dij)

noun

  1. anything appended; adjunct
  2. any subordinate or external organ or part of a plant or animal, as a branch, tail, or limb

appendage Synonyms

appendage

n.

  1. An addition

    attachment, appendix, accessory; see addition 2.

  2. A bodily extension

    arm, leg, limb, external organ, feeler, tentacle, tail, extremity, member, flipper, fin*, shank*, stem*, dog*.

appendage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: I can hardly go to bed without my new one - it has become an appendage.
  • have: Most members of the group have four appendages, usually legs.
  • use: You will also see how feeding takes place using the sieve-like appendages on the legs.
  • possess: The abdomen is composed of varying numbers of segments; it bears no legs but may possess appendages, e.g. claspers used in mating.
  • identify: We should always be wary of identifying appendages in the thought of smart theologians.
  • say: To say this aerodynamic appendage is big, ranks as one of life's great understatements.

Preposition: at

  • tip: There should be a worm like appendage at the tip which plays a vital role in spreading the ejaculate over the cervix at mating.

Adjective modifier

  • abdominal: The other abdominal appendages are much reduced or absent.
  • mere: Wives are not mere appendages or chattels of their husbands, rather the welfare of his wife must be a man's first concern.
  • various: The rest is mostly various other swimming appendages, prominent for all of their fine filtering hairs.
  • long: Even then I knew muscles had to be involved, but how could they be present in such extremely long, hairlike appendages?
  • other: The rest is mostly various other swimming appendages, prominent for all of their fine filtering hairs.
  • atrial: However, before its final and full placement in the atrium the mandril is withdrawn to avoid puncturing the thin-walled right atrial appendage.

Noun used with modifier

  • skin: Some species have skin appendages that make them resemble kelp, or carry encrusting organisms that make them resemble coral or rocks.
  • seed: Seed ontogeny studies on Aeschynanthus are complete, and are continuing on those other genera that possess seed appendages.
  • swimming: These may be adapted for use as swimming appendages, as in seals, or as wings, as in bats.
  • body: One or two species do not bury their eggs, but carry them about attached to their body appendages.

Preposition: in

  • thought: We should always be wary of identifying appendages in the thought of smart theologians.

Preposition: of

  • empire: Increasingly, the mass media are becoming major corporate concerns, rather than just appendages of business empires.
  • monarch: In pre-1945 Romania, the personality cult was not only the appendage of the monarch.