English noun: appendage |
| 1. | appendage (body) an external body part that projects from the body |
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| Samples | It is important to keep the extremities warm.
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| Synonyms | extremity, member |
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| Broader (hypernym) | external body part |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chela, chelicera, claw, dactyl, digit, fang, fin, limb, mouthpart, nipper, parapodium, pincer, pleopod, swimmeret |
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| 2. | appendage (body) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
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| Samples | A bony process.
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| Synonyms | outgrowth, process |
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| Broader (hypernym) | body part |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acromial process, acromion, acrosome, aculea, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, apophysis, appendix, arista, caruncle, caruncula, cecal appendage, cirrus, condyle, coronoid process, crest, eminence, enation, epicondyle, excrescence, fetlock, fimbria, flagellum, gum ridge, hair, horn, horn, mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal, metaphysis, odontoid process, olecranon, olecranon process, osteophyte, papilla, papilla, papilla, plant process, processus coronoideus, pseudopod, pseudopodium, pterygoid process, ridge, spicule, spiculum, spine, style, styloid process, tail, tentacle, transverse process, trochanter, tubercle, tuberosity, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, villus, zygomatic process |
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| 3. | appendage (artifact) a part that is joined to something larger |
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| Broader (hypernym) | part, portion |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | appendicle, grip, handgrip, handhold, handle, hold, tailpiece |
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