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Tripinnate :: Tripinnate (a.) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc..

Tripinnatifid :: Tripinnatifid (a.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid..

Bipinnaria :: Bipinnaria (n.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage.

Pinnatiped :: Pinnatiped (n.) Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes.

Pari- :: Pari- () A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate..

Pinna :: Pinna (n.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.

Pinnate :: Pinnate (a.) Alt. of Pinnate.

Wing-leaved :: Wing-leaved (a.) Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves.

Unijugate :: Unijugate (a.) Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.

Paripinnate :: Paripinnate (a.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.

Pinnatifid :: Pinnatifid (a.) Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib..

Catadromous :: Catadromous (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous..

Pinnae :: Pinnae (pl. ) of Pinn.

Imparipinnate :: Imparipinnate (a.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

Pinnatilobate :: Pinnatilobate (a.) Having lobes arranged in a pinnate manner.

Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.

Pinnule :: Pinnule (n.) One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate..

Pinnately :: Pinnately (adv.) In a pinnate manner.

Pinnace :: Pinnace (n.) A procuress; a pimp.

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