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appendage /ap·pen·dage/ (ah-pen´dij) a subordinate portion of a structure, or an outgrowth, such as a tail.
epiploic appendages  see under appendix .

ap·pend·age (-pndj)
n.
A part or organ attached to a main structure and subordinate in function or size.

appendage.
See appendix.

appendage [ah-pen´dij]
a less important portion of an organ, or an outgrowth, such as a tail. Also, a limb or limblike structure.

appendage
1. a protuberant outgrowth, such as a tail, a limb or limblike structure.
2. a thing or part appended.


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Actually, thinking about it, and I''ve thought long and hard, no pun intended, about it, i''d rather risk the raw, commando look as mentioned at the start of this article than a piece of cloth designed to show off my, admitedly, nonexistent apendage.
 
 
 
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