appendage

[ uh-pen-dij ]

noun

1. a subordinate part attached to something; an auxiliary part; addition.
2. Anatomy, Zoology. any member of the body diverging from the axial trunk.
3. Botany, Mycology. any subsidiary part superadded to another part.
4. a person in a subordinate or dependent position, especially a servile or parasitic follower.

appendage

/ əˈpɛndɪdʒ /

noun

1. an ancillary or secondary part attached to a main part; adjunct
2. zoology any organ that projects from the trunk of animals such as arthropods
3. botany any subsidiary part of a plant, such as a branch or leaf

Other Words From

• ap·pendaged adjective
• unap·pendaged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of appendage¹

First recorded in 1640–50; append + -age

Example Sentences

“Around 20 to 30 people from overseas have come in the last month,” Miyoko Ishikawa, whose seat at the information desk directly faces the outstretched appendage.

From Los Angeles Times

First, the team sliced off the antennae and thinned and polished the surrounding amber to ensure the clearest possible view of the appendage within.

From Science Magazine

Elsewhere in the chat, he comments that in all the details brought up in trial, they failed to mention Stormy Daniels' description of Trump’s appendage, which she’s previously described as looking like a tiny mushroom.

From Salon

"These results help us understand the evolutionary history of horns and antlers and could suggest that differences in other ruminant cranial appendages, like ossicones and pronghorns, are also elaborations on a shared ancestral cranial appendage."

From Science Daily

You’re talking about times when human beings enslaved other human beings, when women were just an appendage of their husbands and had no contractual rights and no property rights.

From Slate

Related Words

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