English Explanatory Dictionary

bipennate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of a muscle, the fibres of which attach to a tendon on two sides (as a feather barbed on both sides).
  2. Bipinnate (pinnate and having a pinnate leaflet).
  3. Having two wings; bipennated.

Word forms

bipennate

Etymology

From bi- + pennate.

Related words

multipennate unipennate
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