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Webster 1913 Edition


Pinnated

{

Pin′nate

,

Pin′na-ted

, }
Adj.
[L.
pinnatus
feathered, fr.
pinna
a feather. See
Pin
a peg,
Pen
feather.]
1.
(Bot.)
Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See
Abruptly pinnate
, and Illust., under
Abruptly
.
2.
(Zool.)
Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
Pinnated grouse
(Zool.)
,
the prairie chicken.

Definition 2024


pinnated

pinnated

English

Adjective

pinnated (comparative more pinnated, superlative most pinnated)

  1. pinnate