appendicular

1. 1.

   relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs

   “the appendicular skeleton”

Questions about appendicular

What does appendicular mean?

appendicular means "relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs".

How many syllables are in appendicular?

appendicular has 5 syllables and divides as ap-pen-di-cu-lar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is appendicular a common word?

appendicular is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.