Plural of appendage; parts or structures attached to a main body, like arms, legs, fins, or tentacles.
From Latin 'appendere' (to hang from) plus Old French suffix -age, originally meaning things that 'hang from' a main structure.
Evolution designed appendages for wildly different purposes: whale flippers, bat wings, and human arms are all appendages made from the same basic bones, showing how nature reuses designs.
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