appendage

[ uh-pen-dij ]

/ əˈpɛn dɪdʒ /

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noun

a subordinate part attached to something; an auxiliary part; addition.

Anatomy, Zoology. any member of the body diverging from the axial trunk.

Botany, Mycology. any subsidiary part superadded to another part.

a person in a subordinate or dependent position, especially a servile or parasitic follower.

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Origin of appendage

First recorded in 1640–50; append + -age

Related formsap·pend·aged, adjectiveun·ap·pend·aged, adjective

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Examples from the Web for appendage

So many were arrested in Leningrad, the poet Anna Akhmatova said, that the city “dangled like an appendage from its prisons….”
When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth|Brian Moynahan|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or, one of the measures might resurface as an appendage to an unrelated law.
Why Arizona is Retreating on its Immigration Law|Terry Greene Sterling|March 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Bloggers brought another microphone to an already crowded GOP media table and became an appendage of talk radio.
Why the GOP Lost the Web Race|Eric Boehlert|May 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Figure 212 is, however, a loop, as the circuit is spoiled on one side by an appendage.
The Science of Fingerprints|Federal Bureau of Investigation

The lip is swollen and four-lobed, but without any appendage in the notch, and is of a deep purple-brown, with yellowish markings.
Field and Woodland Plants|William S. Furneaux
The appendage attached by pintles and braces to the stern-post of a vessel, by which its course through the water is governed.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
But as its original place had been filled up by g, it was tacked on as an appendage, rather than incorporated as an element.
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
It cannot be considered a whorl, however, as the recurve on the left is spoiled by an appendage (figs. 58 and 59).
The Science of Fingerprints|Federal Bureau of Investigation

British Dictionary definitions for appendage

appendage

/ (əˈpɛndɪdʒ) /

noun

an ancillary or secondary part attached to a main part; adjunct

zoology any organ that projects from the trunk of animals such as arthropods

botany any subsidiary part of a plant, such as a branch or leaf

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Word Origin and History for appendage

appendage

1640s, from append + -age.

Medicine definitions for appendage

appendage

[ ə-pĕn′dĭj ]

n.

A part or organ attached to a main structure and subordinate in function or size.

appendage

noun

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