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}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. [1913 Webster] {Pinnated grouse} (Zool.), the prairie chicken. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: pinnated adj : of a leaf shape; featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis [syn: {pinnate}]
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