Pinnate

Definition of Pinnate

Pin´nate

a.

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.

Related Words

compound, pinnated

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