appendage (redirected from Epiploic appendages)

appendage

1. Zoology any organ that projects from the trunk of animals such as arthropods

2. Botany any subsidiary part of a plant, such as a branch or leaf

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appendage [ə′pen·dij]

(biology)

Any subordinate or nonessential structure associated with a major body part.

(naval architecture)

Any fitting installed outside the underwater hull proper, such as a rudder, shaft, shaft strut, and bilge keel.

(zoology)

Any jointed, peripheral extension, especially limbs, of arthropod and vertebrate bodies.