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an external body part (such as an arm) that projects from the body; or any part that is joined to something larger
- And since the nose is the central and most conspicuous of the features; and since it perhaps most modifies and finally controls their combined expression; hence it would seem that its entire absence, as an external appendage, must very largely affect the countenance of the whale.Chapters 79-81 — The Prairie; The Nut; The Pequod Meets the Virgin (4% in)
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