appendage
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The most striking feature is the chelicera, a pincer-like appendage that defines chelicerates.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
Not everyone understood that Mary’s outflung left arm isn’t some randomly flailing appendage but a gesture pregnant with meaning—multiple ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
What’s important is understanding how human hands can grasp an object, and then extrapolating that to whatever synthetic appendage has been chosen, she added.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 27, 2025
He played with a small cast on his left hand and was even using that bandaged appendage to stiff-arm defenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
Why, to be an economic appendage of the Northern Region.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Videos captured by the crew confirm it is a mesmerizing creature with long pale “legs” trailing from thicker appendages connected to a pale body composed of two fins that undulate languidly in tandem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Living hexapods have six walking legs, all attached to the thorax, while appendages on the abdomen have been almost completely lost.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
She must operate a control pad to manipulate the appendages of a brain-dead coma patient and take him on a cross-country trip so his mother can say goodbye and legally pull the plug on him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Even the distributor behind this very sequel, 20th Century Studios, was bought, chopped up and consolidated, now functioning as one of Disney’s many appendages.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
An animal with long, red head fur and four appendages.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
Vocabulary lists containing appendage
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"To Build a Fire" by Jack London
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