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Pinnated

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.

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pinnated

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

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On the other hand, a red marine alga, with finely pinnated fronds, was strongly affected.