[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appendage/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) / appendage

# appendage

noun (an appendage, appendages)

«appendage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An appendage is a part that sticks out from the main body, such as an arm, leg, tail, antenna or fin. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x1)
- A lobster uses its front appendages to grab food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x2)
- The octopus has eight appendages called arms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x3)
- Fins are appendages that help fish swim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x4)
- The small shed was an appendage to the big house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/#x5)
- Some insects can regrow a lost appendage. [tree →](https://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://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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «appendage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«appendage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/appendage.html) on Mova free.