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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an
external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
Antenn[ae] and other appendages used for feeling.
--Carpenter.
Syn: Addition; adjunct; concomitant.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
appendage
n 1: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is
important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: {extremity},
{member}]
2: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn: {process},
{outgrowth}]
3: a part that is joined to something larger
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