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
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
Part of the cardio growth story is the Watchman product, a small implant that closes the left atrial appendage of patients with atrial fibrillation, or AF.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
Why, to be an economic appendage of the Northern Region.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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
This animal is part of the Calumma gallus species complex, a group in which males are known for their elongated nasal appendages.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2025
Mr Teller said the name was also inspired by the distinctive pale "knuckles" on the small leg-like appendages at the side of the spider's mouth.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
It basically means the Big Man’s appendages aren’t able to circulate blood back up to the rest of his body the way they once did, so fluids are pooling in his ankles—hence the swelling.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
He’d described the way dragons flew, with special appendages on their wings.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing appendage
"To Build a Fire," Vocabulary from the short story
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"To Build a Fire" by Jack London
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