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Another word for appendage

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Noun

  1. A subordinate element added to another entity

    See also:

    increase

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Another word for appendage

Noun

  1. An addition

    See also:

    addition

  2. A bodily extension

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Sentence Examples

  • This factory was, however, merely an appendage to the imperial magnificence.

  • In those insects in which a median terminal appendage exists between the two cerci this is considered to be a prolongation of the eleventh tergite.

  • PrGabp l, Rudiment of the appendage of the praegenital somite which disappears.

  • The appendage carrying the gill-book stands out on the surface of the body in Limulus, and has other portions developed besides the gill-book and its base; it is fused with its fellow of the opposite side On the other hand, in Scorpio, the gill-book-bearing apFIG.

  • high, attached to the insect by the lowermost end (foot), and easily mistaken for a hair or similar appendage of the insect.

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