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appendages

noun as in limb; accessory

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Yet sea robins are most notable for their distinctively large, fan-shaped dorsal fins and for their six leg-like appendages.

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For such men, they prefer to imagine women as appendages of men, who have no motivations outside of pleasing and serving men.

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The wiggly appendages sweep the air to detect pheromones that raise alarms, lay trails, and help the insects navigate their social lives.

Having piqued the interest of the Antiquities Authority, Energean had two mechanical appendages built for the R.O.V. that were capable of extracting artifacts from the pile with minimal risk of damage to the entire assemblage.

"These results help us understand the evolutionary history of horns and antlers and could suggest that differences in other ruminant cranial appendages, like ossicones and pronghorns, are also elaborations on a shared ancestral cranial appendage."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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