Appendage vs. Appendicular

Appendagenoun

an external body part that projects from the body

Appendicularadjective

Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.

Appendagenoun

a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism

Appendicularadjective

Of or pertaining to the appendix.

Appendagenoun

a part that is joined to something larger

Appendicularadjective

Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate.

Appendagenoun

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.’;

Appendicularadjective

relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs;

‘the appendicular skeleton’;

Appendagenoun

A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.

‘Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling.’;

Appendagenoun

an external body part that projects from the body;

‘it is important to keep the extremities warm’;

Appendagenoun

a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;

‘a bony process’;

Appendagenoun

a part that is joined to something larger

Appendage

An appendage (or outgrowth) is an external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from an organism's body. In invertebrate biology, an appendage refers to any of the homologous body parts that may extend from a body segment, including antennae, mouthparts (including mandibles, maxillae and maxillipeds), gills, locomotor legs (pereiopods for walking, and pleopods for swimming), sexual organs (gonopods), and parts of the tail (uropods).