| Noun | 1. | extremity - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"chelicera - either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing mouthpart - any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding parapodium - one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing fin - organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals pleopod, swimmeret - one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming limb - one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper dactyl, digit - a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding part in other vertebrates | |
| 2. | extremity - an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)adversity, hard knocks, hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" bitter end - the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end" | |
| 3. | extremity - the greatest or utmost degree; "the extremity of despair"ultimacy, ultimateness - the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, "the ultimacy of these social values" | |
| 4. | extremity - the outermost or farthest region or pointend - either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line" limit - as far as something can go region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" | |
| 5. | extremity - that part of a limb that is farthest from the torsolimb - one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper hand, manus, mitt, paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin" toe - one of the digits of the foot | |