appendage
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Synonyms for appendage
Synonyms
accessory (also accessary), accoutrement (or accouterment), adapter (also adaptor), add-on, adjunct, appliance, attachment, option
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Just then, as her body appears ready to topple forward, a mechanical appendage uncoils from beneath her dress and stiffens behind her like a wooden plank, steadying her from a fall. — courant.com, "Japanese researchers want to give your grandma a robotic monkey tail," 21 Aug. 2019 So here’s a helpful guide to having a blast over the holiday without losing an appendage. — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, "How to Have Fun (and Stay Safe) During This Year's Fireworks-Filled Fourth," 1 July 2019 Two flipper-like appendages turn into hands as the cells between the fingers die off, separating the digits. — Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com, "Lewis Hyde’s new book reconsiders the role of forgetting," 26 June 2019 The boy retained full control of the muscles in his wrists and hands even as loss of the motor nerves attached to the major muscles in his arms and shoulders have atrophied, leaving both appendages hanging limp at his sides. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "UCSD students restore motion to five-year-old boy’s arms," 15 June 2019 The victim is recovering from his injuries at a local hospital, WBBH reported, but there was no information as to whether his appendage was reattached. — Doha Madani, NBC News, "Florida man allegedly used scissors to cut off penis of wife's lover," 16 July 2019 As viewers climb in and out of Lam’s sculptures and poke their sparkly foam appendages, a small army of servers hands out free samples of Steve’s flavors like Moroccan Mash Up and Southern Banana Pudding. — Nora Mcgreevy, BostonGlobe.com, "Art meets marketing for the Instagram age at the ICA," 13 June 2019 These Australian lizards display their azure intakes appendage to ward off predators. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "‘Roos, geese, and a blue-tongued lizard: Behind the scenes at San Diego Zoo Safari Park," 8 June 2019 At first, the miner thought the long-toed appendage belonged to an ancient lizard, given its resemblance to the feet of local lizards. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "Ancient bird foot found in amber has bizarrely long toes," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'appendage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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