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EXTERNAL BODY PART
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any body part visible externally
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("external body part" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "external body part"):
breast (the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest)
throat (the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat)
hood ((zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal)
arthromere (any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod)
lip (either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking)
labium (a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva))
caput; head (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains)
cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)
frill; ruff (an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal)
breast; chest (the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen)
appendage; extremity; member (an external body part that projects from the body)
extremity (that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso)
face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
face (the part of an animal corresponding to the human face)
