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2 definitions found 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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