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Noun appendage has 3 senses
- 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:
- 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 |
- appendage - a part that is joined to something larger
--3 is a kind of part, portion
--3 has particulars:
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