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Appendage
Pronunciation : Ap*pend"age
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.)
Defn: A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates. Antenn? and other appendages used for feeling. Carpenter.
Syn. -- Addition; adjunct; concomitant.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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