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appendages

 
Noun appendage has 3 senses
  1. extremity, appendage, member - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
    --1 is a kind of external body part
    --1 has particulars:
     chelicera; mouthpart; claw, chela, nipper, pincer; parapodium; fin; swimmeret, pleopod; limb; vertebrate foot, pedal extremity; digit, dactyl
  2. process, outgrowth, appendage - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
    --2 is a kind of body part
    --2 has particulars:
     horn; 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; 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
  3. appendage - a part that is joined to something larger
    --3 is a kind of
    part, portion
    --3 has particulars:
     appendicle; handhold; handle, grip, handgrip, hold; tailpiece
    Derived forms: verb append1, verb append2
appellate court appellation appellations appellative appellee append appendage appendaged appendages appendant appendate appendecitis appendectomy appended appendent appendex appendice

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