- plural of appendage.
appendages
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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
Their defining feature is a pair of specialized appendages called chelicerae, located near the front of the body.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 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
If you looked closely through the mesh, you could see the levers and mechanisms and hard plastic appendages in plain sight below the seat pan.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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