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# appendage

«appendage» in Mova's school dictionary: **a part that sticks out from the main body, such as an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an appendage, appendages)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An appendage is a part that sticks out from the main body, such as an arm, leg, tail, antenna or fin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#m1)

2) An appendage is something added to a bigger, more important thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science (insects have jointed appendages; crabs, lobsters, octopus arms), and sometimes in writing about less important attachments.

### examples

- Insects have six legs and two antennae as appendages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x1)
- A lobster uses its front appendages to grab food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x2)
- The octopus has eight appendages called arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x3)
- Fins are appendages that help fish swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x4)
- The small shed was an appendage to the big house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x5)
- Some insects can regrow a lost appendage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x6)
- "I am like the luggage," said he; "I am here as a necessary appendage." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x7)

### note

Countable. Not the same as the «appendix», a small tube in the body, though the words are related (both from «append», to attach).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «appendage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.