[syn: process, outgrowth, appendage]
3. a part that is joined to something larger;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an
external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
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Antenn[ae] and other appendages used for feeling.
--Carpenter.
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Syn: Addition; adjunct; concomitant.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
appendage
n 1: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is
important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: extremity,
appendage, member]
2: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn:
process, outgrowth, appendage]
3: a part that is joined to something larger