appendage: Meaning and Definition of

ap•pend•age

Pronunciation: (u-pen'dij), [key]
— n.
  1. a subordinate part attached to something; an auxiliary part; addition.
  2. any member of the body diverging from the axial trunk.
  3. any subsidiary part superadded to another part.
  4. a person in a subordinate or dependent position, esp. a servile or parasitic follower.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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