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Supernumerary
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Meaning
Noun
●
A person who
works
in a group,
association
, or
public office
without
forming
part of the
regular
staff
(the numerary).
●
In Film & Theater:
An
extra
or
walk-on
, often non-speaking, in a
film
or
play
; a
spear
carrier.
●
Something which is beyond the
prescribed
or
standard
amount or number.
●
In Zoology:
An
animal
which has not
formed
a
pair bond
and is therefore single.
●
In Roman Catholicism & People:
A
married
man
or
woman
who is a
secular
member
of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic
religious
institution.
Adj
●
Greater in number than.
●
Beyond the
prescribed
or
standard
amount or number;
excess
, extra.
●
In Biology:
Beyond the
prescribed
or
standard
amount or number;
excess
, extra.
Of an
organ
or structure:
additional
to what is
normally
present.
●
Beyond what is
necessary
; redundant.
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Synonyms
Supe
Super
Epactal
Supranumerary
Superfluous
Unnecessary
Unneeded
Unwanted
Redundant
Related
Polydactyly
Cryptorchid
Agenesis
Vertebral
Labial
Dermoid Cyst
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