Definitions for: Pinnate

[adj] of a leaf shape; featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: compound, pinnated

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