Defenition of the word appendage

• Defenition of the word appendage

  • A subordinate part attached to something.
  • a part that is joined to something larger
  • an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
  • a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
  • a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
  • an external body part that projects from the body

Synonyms for the word appendage

• • accessory
  • add-on
  • addition
  • adjunct
  • attachment
  • extremity
  • feeler
  • limb
  • member
  • outgrowth
  • process
  • tentacle

Similar words in the appendage

• • appendage
  • appendage's
  • appendages

Hyponyms for the word appendage

• • acromial process
  • acromion
  • acrosome
  • aculea
  • ala
  • alveolar arch
  • alveolar process
  • alveolar ridge
  • apophysis
  • appendicle
  • appendix
  • arista
  • caruncle
  • caruncula
  • cecal appendage
  • chela
  • chelicera
  • cirrus
  • claw
  • condyle
  • coronoid process
  • crest
  • dactyl
  • digit
  • eminence
  • enation
  • epicondyle
  • excrescence
  • fang
  • fetlock
  • fimbria
  • fin
  • flagellum
  • grip
  • gum ridge
  • hair
  • handgrip
  • handhold
  • handle
  • hold
  • horn
  • limb
  • mastoid
  • mastoid bone
  • mastoid process
  • mastoidal
  • metaphysis
  • mouthpart
  • nipper
  • odontoid process
  • olecranon
  • olecranon process
  • osteophyte
  • papilla
  • parapodium
  • pedal extremity
  • pincer
  • plant process
  • pleopod
  • processus coronoideus
  • pseudopod
  • pseudopodium
  • pterygoid process
  • ridge
  • spicule
  • spiculum
  • spine
  • style
  • styloid process
  • swimmeret
  • tail
  • tailpiece
  • tentacle
  • transverse process
  • trochanter
  • tubercle
  • tuberosity
  • vermiform appendix
  • vermiform process
  • vertebrate foot
  • villus
  • zygomatic process

Hypernyms for the word appendage

• • body part
  • external body part
  • part
  • portion

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