Found 2 items, similar to Pinnate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pinnate
pinnate
adj : of a leaf shape; featherlike; having leaflets on each side
of a common axis [syn:
pinnated]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pinnate
Pinnate
\Pin"nate\, Pinnated
\Pin"na*ted\, a. [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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each
side of the neck.
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Pinnated grouse (Zo["o]l.), the prairie chicken.
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