appendage
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6.2
- noun
- /əˈpɛndɪdʒ/
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apéndice
- The alien snaked out an appendage and stroked lightly, comfortingly, across his arm.
- a mere appendage
- atrial appendage
- appendage formation
We're going to have fleets of robots that can have very similar appendages.
- We're going to have fleets of robots that can have very similar appendages.
- They're just jumping up and down, waving their appendages.
- It used to be called giantism, and most people, of course, are in the range of height and appendage length.
- Dirt apron chases dirt squid hand meets rassled appendage.
- And then they fashion it into an appendage that looks like, yeah, the sausage like shape.
- So you as a gay guy not wanting to sleep with a woman who's had sort of a, an, I guess sort of an appendage put put on would make you transphobic.
Examples
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Through the cockpit window, the long metallic appendage dangles ahead of the plane.
Fiction book (1997) -
We saw a bulbous dark dome, almost spherical, with snake-like appendages dangling from its bottom.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's a vestigial appendage of not much use.
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You only have two appendages to save your life.
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You know... you clutch that bag like it was an appendage.
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All God's creatures are furnished with appendages for their protection.
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Occasionally, he came across a hand or some other appendage jutting out of the rubble.
Fiction book (1998) -
These agile appendages can bend, twist, contract and expand.
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The octopus has several flexible appendages that can grasp objects easily.
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The tree's branches are important appendages that support its leaves and fruits.
Synonyms
69
6.5
A body part that sticks out from the main body, like an arm or leg
64
2.5
A large branch of a tree that sticks out from the trunk
19
9.0
A natural part that sticks out from a bone or plant
19
6.9
A thin curly stem that a climbing plant uses to hold on to things
1
6.0
A piece that sticks out from a living thing, for example a shoot or bony lump
A small growth that sticks out from a plant or animal body
A small natural growth on a plant surface like a tiny leaf
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small pouch attached to the lower right part of the large intestine
- Specialized
A small ear-shaped pouch on the upper front part of each heart chamber
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word appendage comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and pendere 'to hang', and the root pend is the same you see in pendant. So an appendage is something that 'hangs on' or is attached to something larger, like a leaf on a stem or an extra part of a group.