Appendage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something added or attached to an entity of greater importance or size; an adjunct.
  • n. Biology A part or organ, such as an arm, leg, tail, or fin, that is joined to the axis or trunk of a body.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an external body part that projects from the body
  • n. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism
  • n. a part that is joined to something larger
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
  • n. A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which is appended to something as a proper part of it; a subordinate attached part of anything.
  • n. Something added to a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
  • n. Synonyms Adjunct, attachment, appurtenance, addition, concomitant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an external body part that projects from the body
  • n. a part that is joined to something larger
  • n. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
  • Cross Reference
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    concomitant    addition    adjunct    process    member    extremity    outgrowth   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tentacle    limb    organ    claw    adjunct    snout    personage    skeleton    ornament    attribute