appendage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: appendage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for appendage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appendage n an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" Synonym(s): extremity, appendage, member a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" Synonym(s): process, outgrowth, appendage a part that is joined to something larger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appendage \Append"age\, n. 1. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. Modesty is the appendage* of sobriety. --Jer. Taylor. 2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates. Antenn[91] and other appendages used for feeling. --Carpenter. Syn: Addition; adjunct; concomitant.