Definition of appendages Appendages
/ʌpɛˈndɪʤɪz/ - [upendijiz] -
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Wiktionary 
- appendages (Noun)
Plural of appendage.
Part of speech
🔤- appendages, noun, plural of appendage.
WordNet
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| appendage - a part that is joined to something larger | ||
| portion, part something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" | ||
| appendicle a small appendage | ||
| handhold an appendage to hold onto | ||
| handgrip, handle, grip, hold the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" | ||
| appendage - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" | ||
| process, outgrowth | ||
| body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity | ||
| horn one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates | ||
| horn one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates | ||
| crest a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal | ||
| pseudopod, pseudopodium temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion | ||
| flagellum a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) | ||
| hair a filamentous projection or process on an organism | ||
| cirrus a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile | ||
| spine a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin | ||
| aculea small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects | ||
| style a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style" | ||
| villus a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane | ||
| tail the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body | ||
| fetlock projection behind and above a horse's hoof | ||
| tentacle any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion | ||
| arista bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies | ||
| acromial process, acromion the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade | ||
| ala a wing of an insect | ||
| alveolar arch the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set | ||
| alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth | ||
| acrosome a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg | ||
| caruncle, caruncula an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | ||
| condyle a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone | ||
| coronoid process, processus coronoideus a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone | ||
| epicondyle a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments | ||
| fimbria thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube) | ||
| apophysis (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra | ||
| spicule, spiculum small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals | ||
| osteophyte small abnormal bony outgrowth | ||
| papilla a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather | ||
| papilla a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather | ||
| cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, appendix a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch | ||
| mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull | ||
| styloid process extends from the base of the temporal bone | ||
| pterygoid process two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone | ||
| tuberosity, eminence, tubercle a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament | ||
| zygomatic process a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch | ||
| trochanter one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached | ||
| transverse process one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs | ||
| odontoid process a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck | ||
| metaphysis the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis | ||
| olecranon, olecranon process process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended | ||
| ridge a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters | ||
| excrescence (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | ||
| papilla a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather | ||
| appendage - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" | ||
| extremity, member | ||
| external body part any body part visible externally | ||
| chelicera either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing | ||
| mouthpart any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding | ||
| fang hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison | ||
| chela, nipper, pincer, claw a Hindu disciple of a swami | ||
| parapodium one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing | ||
| fin organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals | ||
| pleopod, swimmeret one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming | ||
| limb the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant" | ||
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Wiktionary
- appendage (Noun)
An external body part that projects from the body. - appendage (Noun)
A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism. - appendage (Noun)
A part that is joined to something larger.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- appendage (n.)
Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. - appendage (n.)
A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
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appendage
A subordinate part attached to something.
Part of speech
🔤- appendage, noun, singular of appendages.
