Appendage Definition

ə-pĕndĭj
appendages
noun
appendages
Something added or attached to an entity of greater importance or size; an adjunct.
American Heritage
Anything appended; adjunct.
Webster's New World
Any subordinate or external organ or part of a plant or animal, as a branch, tail, or limb.
Webster's New World
A part or organ, such as an arm, leg, tail, or fin, that is joined to the axis or trunk of a body.
American Heritage Medicine
The definition of an appendage, in relation to the body of a human or animal, is any part protruding from the torso or trunk.
An example of an appendage is an arm or leg.
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Other Word Forms of Appendage

Noun

Singular:
appendage
Plural:
appendages

Origin of Appendage

  • append +‎ -age

    From Wiktionary

Appendage Sentence Examples

  • In those insects in which a median terminal appendage exists between the two cerci this is considered to be a prolongation of the eleventh tergite.

  • This factory was, however, merely an appendage to the imperial magnificence.

  • The appendage carrying the gill-book stands out on the surface of the body in Limulus, and has other portions developed besides the gill-book and its base; it is fused with its fellow of the opposite side On the other hand, in Scorpio, the gill-book-bearing apFIG.

  • The its natural position; d, appendage right and left halves are conextended or unrolled.

  • Intromittent organ of male placed at the distal end of the appendage of the 5th pair.

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Words Starting With

AAPAPP

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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Words Starting With A and Ending With E

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With A9 Letter Words Ending With E