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Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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  1. n. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
  2. n. A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
  3. n. an external body part that projects from the body
  4. n. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
  5. n. a part that is joined to something larger
  6. 1. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. Jer. Taylor. 2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates. Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling. Carpenter. Syn. -- Addition; adjunct; concomitant.
  7. A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ orlimb, esp. of the articulates.Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling. Carpenter.
  8. n:100 n. a part that is joined to something larger