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De - Pt| English Dictionary: pinnate | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for pinnate | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. {Pinnated grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie chicken. | |
