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appendage
(encz) | appendage,přívěsek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Appendage
(gcide) | Appendage \Ap*pend"age\, n.
1. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or
greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to
a house.
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Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an
external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
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Antenn[ae] and other appendages used for feeling.
--Carpenter.
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Syn: Addition; adjunct; concomitant.
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appendage
(wn) | appendage
n 1: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is
important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: extremity,
appendage, member]
2: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn:
process, outgrowth, appendage]
3: a part that is joined to something larger |
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appendages
(encz) | appendages,přívěšky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
caudal appendage
(encz) | caudal appendage, n: |
cecal appendage
(encz) | cecal appendage, n: |
unappendaged
(encz) | unappendaged, adj: |
Appendage
(gcide) | Appendage \Ap*pend"age\, n.
1. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or
greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to
a house.
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Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an
external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
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Antenn[ae] and other appendages used for feeling.
--Carpenter.
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Syn: Addition; adjunct; concomitant.
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Appendaged
(gcide) | Appendaged \Ap*pend"aged\, a.
Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.
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vermiform appendage
(gcide) | Vermiform \Ver"mi*form\, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.]
Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the
vermiform process of the cerebellum.
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Vermiform appendix (Anat.), a slender blind process of the
caecum in man and some other animals; -- called also
vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small
solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones,
sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal,
inflammation. See Illust. under Digestion.
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appendaged
(wn) | appendaged
adj 1: having an appendage [ant: unappendaged] |
auricular appendage
(wn) | auricular appendage
n 1: a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the
heart [syn: auricula, auricular appendage, {auricular
appendix}] |
caudal appendage
(wn) | caudal appendage
n 1: tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus |
cecal appendage
(wn) | cecal appendage
n 1: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the
cecum and that resembles a small pouch [syn: appendix,
vermiform appendix, vermiform process, {cecal
appendage}] |
unappendaged
(wn) | unappendaged
adj 1: not having an appendage [ant: appendaged] |
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