appendage
noun [C] /əˈpen.dɪdʒ/ formalDefinition
› something that exists as a smaller and less important part of something larger: The committee is a mere appendage of the council and has no power of its own. The organism has small leaf-like appendages.Words meaning parts of things › an arm, leg, or other body part: He had a tattoo on every visible appendage.The legThe arm
(Definition of appendage noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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