Definition of appendage

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Appendage (n.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates..

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Maxilliped :: Maxilliped (n.) One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw..
Hypopharynx :: Hypopharynx (n.) An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects..
Gnathopodite :: Gnathopodite (n.) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds..
Scaphognathite :: Scaphognathite (n.) A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.
Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages..
Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures..
Horn :: Horn (n.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias)..
Gymnocopa :: Gymnocopa (n. pl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages..
Articulus :: Articulus (n.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
Housing :: Housing (n.) A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings..
Lagena :: Lagena (n.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians..
Cysticule :: Cysticule (n.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.
Pendicle :: Pendicle (n.) An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant.
Scale :: Scale (n.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns..
Shanny :: Shanny (n.) The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head..
Tailpiece :: Tailpiece (n.) A piece at the end; an appendage.
Parapodium :: Parapodium (n.) One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.
Fibrillose :: Fibrillose (a.) Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages..
Supraspinal :: Suprasphenoidal (a.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body..
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food..
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