Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pinnate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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["o]l.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each
side of the neck.
{Pinnated grouse} (Zo["o]l.), the prairie chicken.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pinnate
adj : of a leaf shape; featherlike; having leaflets on each side
of a common axis [syn: {pinnated}]
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