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▸ noun: (film, theater) An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.
▸ noun: Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
▸ noun: (zoology) An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
▸ noun: (Roman Catholicism) A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
▸ adjective: Greater in number than.
▸ adjective: Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.
▸ adjective: (biology, specifically) Of an organ or structure: additional to what is normally present.
▸ adjective: Beyond what is necessary; redundant.
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extra,
supererogatory,
redundant,
unnecessary,
superfluous,
unneeded,
excess,
surplus,
spare,
spear carrier,
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