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noun
An external body part that projects from the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: extremity, member
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: outgrowth, appendix, process
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A part that is joined to something larger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: appendix, annex
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a part that is joined to something larger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: part, portion
Narrower terms: appendicle, handhold, handle, grip, handgrip, hold, tailpiece
noun
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: process, outgrowth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
Narrower terms: horn, crest, pseudopod, pseudopodium, flagellum, hair, cirrus, spine, aculea, style, villus, tail, fetlock, tentacle, arista, acromion, acromial process, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process, acrosome, caruncle, caruncula, condyle, coronoid process, processus coronoideus, epicondyle, fimbria, apophysis, spicule, spiculum, osteophyte, papilla, appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage, mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal, styloid process, pterygoid process, tuberosity, tubercle, eminence, zygomatic process, trochanter, transverse process, odontoid process, metaphysis, olecranon, olecranon process, ridge, excrescence, plant process, enation
noun
an external body part that projects from the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: extremity, member
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: external body part
Narrower terms: chelicera, mouthpart, fang, claw, chela, nipper, pincer, parapodium, fin, swimmeret, pleopod, limb, digit, dactyl
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin appendō Old French apendrebor. Middle English appenden English append Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English appendage From append + -age.
Across languages
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
