Definition of pinna

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Pinna (n.) Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity..

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Pinnas :: Pinnas (pl. ) of Pinn.
Pinnulate :: Pinnulate (a.) Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of its pinnae..
Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
Pinnacled :: Pinnacled (imp. & p. p.) of Pinnacl.
Pinna :: Pinna (n.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.
Bipinnated :: Bipinnated (a.) Twice pinnate.
Ash :: Ash (n.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana)..
Pinnate :: Pinnate (a.) Alt. of Pinnate.
Knop :: Knop (n.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp..
Gougeshell :: Gougeshell (n.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus..
Tor :: Tor (n.) High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.
Paripinnate :: Paripinnate (a.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.
Pinnatiped :: Pinnatiped (n.) Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes.
Pinna :: Pinna (n.) Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity..
Pinnatilobate :: Pinnatilobate (a.) Having lobes arranged in a pinnate manner.
Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern..
Spinner :: Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind..
Bipinnate :: Bipinnate (a.) Alt. of Bipinnate.
Tripinnatifid :: Tripinnatifid (a.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid..
Pari- :: Pari- () A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate..
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