Pinnate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. (Zool.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each
        side of the neck.
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     {Pinnated grouse} (Zool.), the prairie chicken.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pinnate
       adj : of a leaf shape; featherlike; having leaflets on each side
             of a common axis [syn: {pinnated}]