APPENDICULAR SKELETON Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the phrase appendicular skeleton. (close relations)
appendage
Best Alternative Words for APPENDICULAR SKELETON
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| appendages | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an external body part that projects from the body • a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant • a part that is joined to something larger | ||||||||
| extremities | nounn | |||||||
noun • an external body part that projects from the body • an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) • the greatest or utmost degree • the outermost or farthest region or point • that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso | ||||||||
| limbs | nounn | |||||||
noun • one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper • any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree • (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet • either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip • the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles • any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm | ||||||||
