English Explanatory Dictionary

pinnate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling a feather.
  2. Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
  3. Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
  4. Having wings or fins.

Pronunciation

/pɪnˈneɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pinnate.wav

Word forms

pinnate more pinnate most pinnate

Etymology

From Latin pinnātus (“feathered”), from pinna (“feather”).

Synonyms

pinnated

Related words

pinnately palmate

Derived words

abruptly-pinnate bipinnate equally pinnate even-pinnate imparipinnate multipinnate nonpinnate odd-pinnate paripinnate pluripinnate quadripinnate subpinnate ternate-pinnate tripinnate tripinnated unipinnate
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